There’s no question that the Trio Wanderer are a very classy ensemble. Their previous recordings of Ravel, Shostakovich, Schubert and Brahms have shown that. And their new disc of Mendelssohn features absolutely pristine playing, captured in warm, glowing sound. The D minor Trio is particularly impressive, effortlessly well oiled, doing all the things one expects in a good performance of this trio, with a suitably light-as-air Scherzo, plenty of resolute playing in the opening movement and a dreamily spun line in the slow one.

So is it greedy to ask for more? The Wanderer present the Mendelssohn we think we know – full of bountiful melodies, finesse and easy virtuosity; Julia Fischer and friends offer something altogether more dangerous. This is particularly telling in the C minor Trio, which in their hands becomes by turns ghostly and driven. The Wanderer tread more lightly in the first movement, and the effect is less phantasmagorical, more comfortable. But if that’s a view you like, you may well prefer this new version.

Fischer’s trio make this less popular work sound the true equal of the D minor, even if on returning to it I still find their barcarolle second movement, for all its magical harmonic twists and turns, a little too slow. The Wanderer are spot on here, almost as good as Fischer and friends in the Scherzo, and certainly preferable to the Nash recording. In the finale, the soloistic calibre of Fischer, Müller-Schott and Gilad pays dividends, with virtuosity and personality leaping off every page. The Wanderer are just slightly less extrovert, Mendelssohn’s lines shining slightly less brightly. So, choice really comes down to which approach you prefer. For me, this doesn’t oust the Pentatone recording but it’s impressive all the same. Lucky Mendelssohn – he’s been having a good time with chamber music recordings recently.