Schubert, Piano Trio in E Flat, D. 929, Stuttgart Piano Trio, Naxos 8.550132. I had been told this is a very fine work, but I had no recording of it, so I bought it. Well, actually, Borders was offering a deal of buy 3, get the 4th one free, so I thought I'd try this one. It is an interesting work and it seems to be a very fine performance, too.
I've been listening to some of the Tintner Memorial Edition discs on Naxos, commemorating the late conductor and educator, Georg Tintner. It's a series of 12 CDs, 10 with Symphony Nova Scotia and 2 with the Canadian National Youth Orchestra. I found three locally and another 5 on a trip on the Labor Day weekend. The ones I have heard so far are very good to excellent. Earlier tonight, I played Volume 6, Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, the Eroica, and Sibelius Symphony No. 7. The Eroica is a very good chamber orchestra performance recorded in 1988. The real surprise was the splendid recording of Sibelius' Symphony No. 7 recorded in 1999, the year Tintner died. The recording is audiophile quality, simply stunning. I think this is the best recording of Sibelius' Seventh I have ever heard--though I suppose I will have to listen again to some others before I am sure of that.
