Trio Gaspard continues its acclaimed series of Haydn Piano Trios with this collection of later works.

As in the case of the previous volumes, the album includes the world premiere recording of a piece commissioned to complement Haydn’s works – in this instance Sally Beamish’s Trance. The British composer says of her trio: “The melancholic nature of Haydn’s [F sharp minor] trio affected my approach, combining with memories of my mother and her gradual disappearance into dementia. The title, Trance, indicates a meditative state, but also a ‘passageway’, or departure: the confusing journey of my relationship with my mother as her personality shifted, changed, and faded.”