Schumann - The Piano Trios; Piano Quintet; Piano Quartet review | Andrew Clements's classical album of the week

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Trio Wanderer
(Harmonia Mundi, three CDs)
Trio Wanderer capture Schumann’s playfulness in a group of works demanding contrast and balance

Schumann composed four piano trios altogether – the three that are numbered, and a set of four pieces for violin, cello and piano that were published as the Fantasiestücke, Op 88. Trio Wanderer’s survey also includes Schumann’s two best-known chamber works, the Piano Quartet and Piano Quintet, in which they are joined by the viola player Christophe Gaugué and violinist Catherine Montier.