Vienna Piano Trio

The Vienna Piano Trio is deeply attuned to the style....they have a Viennese willingness to indulge in sentiment, a rapport that makes the performance feel like a conversation among friends, and a high level of technical precision... they make the moody, folk-flavored 'Dumky' an almost transcendent experience." Washington Post Sunday

"a vibrant reading of the works.... and excellent and inexpensive opportunity to explore such rich repertoire" - CD Review

"The Vienna Trio...adds another substantial entry to the.. chamber-music Catalog... Recommended" - Fanfare

"Among countless other delights in these bold and addictive performances is the sensitivity to the power of silence, and the short, hushed half-tones within the long-breathed lines of the Andante of the A major Trio. And, not least, the perceptive understanding and judgement of the shifting qualities of an Allegro which so well supports the structure of the outer movements of the D major, as well as enabling many a clearly articulated yet fanciful variation in the Gipsy Trio." Hilary Finch, Gramophone

"Energy bubbles from the outer movements of the first of Mendelssohn's two trios: it is amassed gradually and cumulatively through biting articulation, springing piano playing and a meticulous balance of voices. Stefan Mendl brings clarity and ever-changing light to the long central song without words, and Wolfgang Redik's violin makes this a midsummer night's dream of a Scherzo. Three stars." Hilary Finch, The Times