In Her Hands
Neave Trio
Each player in the Neave Trio has an individual sound and, intriguingly, they are not always an obvious blend: there's luminous and full-blooded tone from cellist Mikhail Veselov, violinist...
In Her Hands
Neave Trio
Purchase product
Each player in the Neave Trio has an individual sound and, intriguingly, they are not always an obvious blend: there's luminous and full-blooded tone from cellist Mikhail Veselov, violinist...
About
Hailed by the magazine BBC Music for its ‘generous and warm-hearted, utterly beguiling playing’, the GRAMMY®-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 Pejačević 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 Pejačević’s musical language had already evolved into its distinctive late-romantic style. Chaminade’s Piano Trio No. 2 in A minor was published 1887, with a dedication to the great French cellist Jules Delsart. The successful première had been given at the Salle Érard on 4 February 1886. Chaminade went on to play the A minor Trio regularly during the 1890s, to substantial critical acclaim.
Contents and tracklist
Spotlight on this release
-
An error occurred.
Try watching this video on www.youtube.com, or enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser.
Awards and reviews
March 2026
Each player in the Neave Trio has an individual sound and, intriguingly, they are not always an obvious blend: there's luminous and full-blooded tone from cellist Mikhail Veselov, violinist Anna Williams offering a sound profile slenderer in outline and with more portamento, and the pianist Eri Nakamura providing an all-embracing, magnificently cushioned foundation.
March 2026
In part, our sense that we've been missing something stems from the typically ardent performances by the Neave Trio, whose strong advocacy for the forgotten has been one of their most enduring virtues. But the power of this recording comes even more from the quality of the two works themselves, which, like the Schumann, are tightly argued, harmonically inventive and rich in melodic appeal.
April 2026
Compelling performances of trios that deserve to be heard more… energetically performed with nicely executed rubato… All is captured in a fresh recorded sound, with a touch of resonance.
23rd February 2026
This is a most beguiling collection of 19th and early 20th century piano trios...The icing on the cake is the Neave Trio’s obvious enjoyment of every single note they play: you really could not ask for better advocates of music that deserves to be much better known.
