The Piano Trio is the earliest composition here written when he was around 20 and is a three-movement work of great charm, notable though for the unusualness of opening with an extended slow movement. The string exchanges are attractive and there’s much expressive, lyrical interaction along with a high quotient of Sturm und Drang. Stephanie Gonley, Adrian Brendel and Simon Crawford-Phillips do it full justice, with excellent passagework clarity, and playing to the full its stormily youthful sense of bravado. The Petrof Piano Trio on Nimbus are also excellent (review) but I’d hand the palm to the Nash Ensemble, also for its all-Bruch programming; the Petrof also play trios by Mendelssohn and Lalo.