Clara Schumann:
Trio in G minor, Op. 17

Dora Pejačević:
Trio (No. 2) in C major, Op. 29

Cécile Chaminade:
Trio No. 2 in A minor, Op. 34

Hailed by the magazine BBC Music for its ?egenerous and warm-hearted, utterly beguiling playing?f, the GRAMMYR-nominated Neave Trio has emerged as one of the finest young ensembles of its generation. For this, their eighth album, they have once again selected a programme of works by female composers. Written in 1846, the Piano Trio of Clara Schumann was considered a great success by her friends and supporters (notably by Brahms) but her lack of self-confidence clouded her own view of the piece. Intellectually curious and a voracious reader from an early age, Dora Peja.evi. was largely self-taught as a composer. She composed her first piano trio (in D major) in 1905 (when she was twenty) and the second followed in 1910, by which time Peja.evi.?fs musical language had already evolved into its distinctive late-romantic style. Chaminade?fs Piano Trio No. 2 in A minor was published 1887, with a dedication to the great French cellist Jules Delsart. The successful premiere had been given at the Salle Erard on 4 February 1886. Chaminade went on to play the A minor Trio regularly during the 1890s, to substantial critical acclaim.