… think of Marschner and the primary association today is with opera, though among the works of which he was proudest are a series of seven piano trios, published between 1823 and 1855. No less a figure than Schumann regarded them highly.
And he was right to do so. The A minor First Trio is a work of assurance and drive, its post-Beethoven sound world anticipating Schumann and, even more so, Mendelssohn…
By the time of the F major Seventh Trio, Marschner is his own man. Still in evidence are his lyric impulse and predilection for pleasing harmonic side-slips, but they’re now more fully integrated within a framework that is dramatic and compelling on its own terms…
“These appear to be the first high-profile recordings of this music, and the Gould Piano Trio sounds completely at home: Lucy Gould’s lithe violin tone is a constant pleasure, with Richard Lester’s cello a crucial anchoring presence, grounding Marschner’s fingery piano-writing, ably tackled by Benjamin Frith, finely recorded at the Wyastone Concert Hall.”
