Composers: Mozart
Compositions: Piano trios 
Performers: Daniel Barenboim p, Michael Barenboim v, Kian Soltani vc
Catalogue Number: DG 4837506 (2CD)

This masterful survey convinced me that Mozart’s Piano Trios really are one of his more neglected genres. The only (very mild) complaint is that the cello doesn’t get much of a look in. Mozart’s personality appears in all its glory in this collection: the forcefulness and elegance, the seriousness and wit, the sturdiness and delicacy and the melancholy and exuberance, inter alia. I found myself marvelling at the sudden and often unexpected shifts away from gorgeous Rococo daintiness to something...