“Secretly, I hope to make something of myself, but after Beethoven who can do anything?” These words by the juvenile Franz Schubert might explain why it took him 15 years – until 1827, just one year prior to his death – to begin writing both of his great piano trios, works of epic, almost symphonic dimensions. This new interpretation by violinist Thomas Albertus Irnberger with David Geringas, cello and Michael Korstick, piano works out the lyricism and thematic work as well as the affects and discontinuities which illustrate the large influence, that Beethoven’s composing had on Schubert’s oeuvre. Similar effects can be observed with the Notturno D 897, in contrast to the Trio Movement Allegro D 28, which being an early work exhibits closer ties to Mozart.