Piano Trios Nos. 2 and 4 (1994)

'Louis Spohr invented the chin-rest for violin(ists), was one of the first to pick up a stick (OK - baton) to use as a conducting aid, made a well-known compilation for violin tutorship, was an advocate of the Romantic habit of travelling, wrote an autobiography, and is also the person all musicians should thank for the letter-markers in our scores. In addition, he was famous in the 19th century as a composer and a superb violinist, the creator of 10 symphonies, 18 violin concerti and 34 string quartets. And yet, he is hardly remembered beside contemporaneous names like Paganini, Weber, Rossini, Schubert, Chopin and Schumann. The Hartley Trio is named after their violinist, Jacqueline Hartley, whose unassuming playing is a delight, if you don't like players who insist on stamping their personality all over the place. After all, if none of the names here (including Spohr) are familiar to you, then you could just let the music and music-making speak for itself. And ah, what delightful music!' (inkpot.com).