Dvořák’s four piano trios are some of the greatest examples of late 19th-century chamber music, and have remained repertoire favourites to this day. His Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major incorporates melancholy, serenity and vivid excitement in equal measure, while the Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor though written at a time of personal tragedy for Dvořák, achieves a triumphant and emphatic conclusion. Fanfare said of the first volume of Trios (8.573279), ‘I would urge you with special pleading to acquire this release for what may well be the best Dvořák ‘Dumky’ on disc ever.’