BaL 17.09.22 - Schubert: Piano Trio no. 1 in B flat (D.898)

[Barbirollians]

AMcG chipped in a couple of times hisself back in the day, I seem to recall. I bet he lurks

And of course there is our very own makropoulos

I think the desire to diversify reviewers is laudable but I understand Allyson Devenish specialises in opera and song - surely that’s where she should be reviewing ?

[Mal]

Looking at Allyson Devenish's twitter feed from 26 Feb to date, the word "Trio" appears once in the plug for Record Review. I guess reviewing trios are very low down in her priorities!

[Wolfram]

A disappointing BaL to kick off the new season. Bitty and incoherent with no meaningful overview, in fact hardly any mention of composer or score.

Much preferred Tazza’s contribution earlier.

Don’t like the new start time either.

I afraid I must agree with all those who thought this BaL poor.

I would add the Mozartean Players to the list of excellent period performances already mentioned. In addition to them I have Schiff et al, Cortot, Casals and Thibaud and the first Beaux Arts recording. Nothing in this BaL persuaded me that I needed to add to them.

I don't like the new start time either; completely messes up my Saturday routine.

[kernelbogey]

Five star review by Andrew Clements in the Guardian for the B flat Trio, D898 and the E flat Trio, D929 (and other works) recorded by Lars Vogt, Christian Tetzlaff and Tanja Tetzlaff.