Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49
Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Variations concertantes Op. 17

BBC Music Magazine

November 2006

****

“…the playing here is predictably impressive. In particular, the outer movements of the two Mendelssohn trios sound refreshingly less frenetic than they often do, and the comparatively relaxed tempos - the opening movement of the D minor Trio, in particular, well below the composer's improbably fast metronome marking - lend the music's more lyrical moments all the breadth they need, without sacrificing anything in momentum and intensity elsewhere.”