Dances were an important element in Schubert’s compositions. He favored the Ländler, triple time country dances – perfect material for Viennese middle-class tastes –and the Écossaise, supposedly Scottish, cast in duple time and performed with women and men facing each other. The 30 Minuets with Trios, of which ten are lost, sport especially captivating and varied Trios, while the two Écossaises from the German Dances, D. 783 are vivacious examples of Schubert’s genial mastery of the genre. © Naxos