The first and last of Robert Schumann’s three piano trios, opus 63 in D minor and opus 110 in G minor, are here performed on original instruments by Voces Intimae, one of the best ensembles of its type to appear in recent years.

The piano trio Voces Intimae’s 2006 recording of music by Hummel on period instruments for Warner Classics was a major critical success, being picked as a Critic’s Choice for that year on BBC Radio 3. Voces Intimae has also made acclaimed recordings of the trios of Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn Bartoldy, as well as a selection of 19th century Fantasias based on the operas of Vincenzo Bellini, all on period instruments. This recording of Schumann Piano Trios is their debut release on Challenge Classics. The trio has appeared in many major venues including the Wigmore Hall and St John’s Smith Square in London, the Carnegie Hall in New York, the Musik Halle in Hamburg, the Vredenburg in Utrecht, and the Amici della Musica of Florence.

The first two of Robert Schumann’s three piano trios, opus 63 in D minor and opus 80 in F major, were written in 1847. The Piano Trio in G minor opus 110 followed in 1951, and is dedicated to his friend the Danish composer Niels Wilhelm Gade.