‘I should like to compose a couple of good trios’,Mendelssohn wrote to his sister in 1832, anambition partly fulfilled seven years later with thecreation of his Op. 49.

Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch,known for its subtle artistry and refinedmusicianship, follows the composer’s exhilaratingwork with Dvořák’s fifth and final piano trio, theebullient, folk-inspired ‘Dumky’.