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A release of pure unadulterated nostalgia.This CD must originally have been released in the mid-1970s but the booklet makes no mention of that except for a tiny notation that it was copyrighted in 1990; I have to believe it was recorded well before that. The reason I say this is that the violinist in this piano trio is Eugene Drucker who from 1976 has been one of the violinists in the Emerson Quartet. The other players, well-known in their time, are Albert Catell, cello, and Milton Kaye, piano. The music on the disc is the sort of repertoire one would have heard in the early years of the 20th century when many establishments, particularly posh hotels and restaurants, had small ensembles in their 'palm court' that played light, charming, usually schmaltzy light classics. The repertoire on this disc is a fair representation of that music. It features pieces by Fritz Kreisler and arrangements of familiar music by, among others, Dvorák, Haydn, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninov and Brahms. Both the arrangements and the playing are redolent of that era. One can almost smell the lavender-scented hankies of the attending ladies. The playing is impeccable, the recording slightly recessed; sometimes the sound of the violin almost disappears, at least on my equipment. I'd suggest you listen to several of the samples of the music provided by Amazon to decide whether it is for you.Scott Morrison