TATIANA MAKUSHINA (soprano)
THE LONDON STRING TRIO :
Jean Pougnet (violin) ; William Primrose (viola) ; Anthony Pini
(violoncello)
Mozart put the finishing touches to this Divertimento ' of six pieces ' on September 27, 1788, about six weeks after the completion of the ' Jupiter ' Symphony. (In fact, it was his first large-scale work after the Symphony.) ' Each movement of this Trio is planned on broad lines ', says Jahn, ' and worked out with the greatest love and care, so that the Trio-unquestionably one of Mozart's most admirable works-is a true " cabinet-piece " of chamber music. It is impossible to imagine anything more charming than the trio of the second minuet' (i.e. the middle part of the fifth movement).