Piano Trio No. 3 (Schumann)

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The Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor by Robert Schumann was written in 1851, and is his opus 110. It has four movements:

1. Bewegt, doch nicht zu rasch in G minor, in ⁶
   ₈ time (with tempo dotted quarter notes 63 to the minute). In sonata form.
2. Ziemlich langsam in E-flat major, in ¹²
   ₈ time and tempo 116 eighth notes to the minute.
3. Rasch in C minor, in ²
   ₄ time and 138 quarter notes to the minute. A scherzo with two trios, with a tempo marking of Etwas zurückhaltend bis zm langsameren Tempo leading into the first trio, in C major with an upward chromatic theme, and a second trio in A-flat major which is more markedly rhythmic and diatonic in character.
4. Kräftig, mit Humor in G major, in common (⁴
   ₄) time and 104 quarter notes to the minute. There is a prominent episode in this rondo which quotes the C major trio from the scherzo (now in D major).

The work was written in Düsseldorf, and first rehearsed there in mid-November 1851. It was first performed publicly in Leipzig in 1852 and dedicated to Niels Gade.^[1] It was not given its first Carnegie Hall performance in New York City until 1958, by the Trio di Bolzano.

This year 1851 was a busy one for Schumann, in which he also revised his 1841 symphony in D minor, and wrote his Violin Sonatas #1 & #2, a number of songs and choral works including Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, and also composed his overtures Julius Caesar and Hermann und Dorothea.

• Schumann: Piano Trios 1 & 3 (no. 1 Op. 63, no. 3 Op. 110); The Benvenue Fortepiano Trio; Avie Records, AV 2210, 2010.
• Schumann: The Complete Piano Trios / Piano Quartet, Op. 47 / Piano Quintet, Op. 44, Beaux Arts Trio, Phillips B0000041N8
• Schumann: Piano Trios, Israel Piano Trio, CRD 2413
• Schumann: The Complete Piano Trios, Piano Quartet, Piano Quintet, Trio Wanderer, Harmonia Mundi, B08WKSQSZJ
• Schumann: Complete Works for Piano Trio Leiv Ove Andsnes, Christian Tetzlaff, Tanja Tetzlaff Warner Classics.50999 0 94180 2

• Piano Trio No. 3: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• Performance of Piano Trio No. 3 by the Claremont Trio from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format