Schoenberg; Hindemith: String Trios CD review – assured and convincing performances

Trio Zimmermann give an utterly lucid rendition of Schoenberg’s fierce, challenging String Trio Op 45, and illuminate Hindemith with panacheThe three principal instruments of the orchestral string family might seem to offer the most natural of chamber-music combinations, yet the number of unqualified great works in the string-trio repertory can be counted on the fingers of one hand. With due deference to Beethoven’s examples, all composed before he reached 30, it’s arguable tha