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Piano Trio No. 3 (Schumann)

The Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor by Robert Schumann was written in 1851, and is his opus 110. It has four movements:

  1. Bewegt, doch nicht zu rasch in G minor, in 6
    8
    time (with tempo dotted quarter notes 63 to the minute). In sonata form.
  2. Ziemlich langsam in E-flat major, in 12
    8
    time and tempo 116 eighth notes to the minute.
  3. Rasch in C minor, in 2
    4
    time and 138 quarter notes to the minute. A scherzo with two trios, with a tempo marking of Etwas zurückhaltend bis zm langsameren Tempo leading into the first trio, in C major with an upward chromatic theme, and a second trio in A-flat major which is more markedly rhythmic and diatonic in character.
  4. Kräftig, mit Humor in G major, in common (4
    4
    ) time and 104 quarter notes to the minute. There is a prominent episode in this rondo which quotes the C major trio from the scherzo (now in D major).

The work was written in Düsseldorf, and first rehearsed there in mid-November 1851. It was first performed publicly in Leipzig in 1852 and dedicated to Niels Gade.[1] It was not given its first Carnegie Hall performance in New York City until 1958, by the Trio di Bolzano.

This year 1851 was a busy one for Schumann, in which he also revised his 1841 symphony in D minor, and wrote his Violin Sonatas #1 & #2, a number of songs and choral works including Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, and also composed his overtures Julius Caesar and Hermann und Dorothea.

References

Discography

  • Schumann: Piano Trios 1 & 3 (no. 1 Op. 63, no. 3 Op. 110); The Benvenue Fortepiano Trio; Avie Records, AV 2210, 2010.
  • Schumann: The Complete Piano Trios / Piano Quartet, Op. 47 / Piano Quintet, Op. 44, Beaux Arts Trio, Phillips B0000041N8
  • Schumann: Piano Trios, Israel Piano Trio, CRD 2413
  • Schumann: The Complete Piano Trios, Piano Quartet, Piano Quintet, Trio Wanderer, Harmonia Mundi, B08WKSQSZJ
  • Schumann: Complete Works for Piano Trio Leiv Ove Andsnes, Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff Warner Classics.50999 0 94180 2