This week saw the arrival in my mailbox of a terrific new disc of music for piano, violin and clarinet from three of the best musicians in the United States.

Cellist David Finckel, pianist Wu Han — the husband-and-wife powerhouse team named Musical America’s Musicians of the Year — and clarinettist David Schifrin have collaborated on an album of clarinet trios that includes Beethoven’s Op. 11 Trio in B-flat Major.

That piece is on the Amici “Critic’s Choice” program on Friday night at the Glenn Gould Studio. It was chosen by Classical96 FM’s John van Driel.

The exuberant piece gets a sparkling interpretation at the hands of the Americans. The rest of the disc is equally satisfying, featuring Brahms’ Op. 114 Trio in A minor and four of the Eight Pieces by Max Bruch.

For all the details on this album, including extensive bacground notes, click here.

For all the details on Friday night’s concert in Toronto, click here.

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John Terauds

John Terauds, Editor-Emeritus of Ludwig van Toronto, is currently a Divinity student at the University of Toronto and a church music director. He joined the Toronto Star in 1988, was the classical music critic from 2005 to 2012, and continues as a freelance critic for the paper. He is the co-author of Roy Thomson Hall: A Portrait, a book written with Toronto Star Colleague, William Littler.

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