A monumental classic of the chamber music repertoire paired with a rare musical gem.

What do you do when your aristocratic piano student has a sore finger and skips out on his weekly lesson? Write him a new piano trio to play, of course. Jessica Cottis offers one word for Beethoven’s ‘Archduke’ trio: sublime. Then the words spill out: monumental, intimate, serene, dramatic, playful… but above all, sublime. There’s a reason this work is considered one of the greatest examples of its genre.

Ludwig van Beethoven is a household name. Emilie Mayer (1812–1883) is not. But she was esteemed in her time – one of the few 19th-century women to compose symphonies – and her music deserves to be much better known. Jessica Cottis has chosen her last published work, the exquisitely beautiful Notturno for violin and piano, and we think you’ll agree: this too is sublime.