JOHN HARBISON
Harbison: Piano Trios / Gatsby Etudes / The Violist's Notebook / 10 Micro-Waltzes Amelia Piano Trio [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Apr/2007 ] Harbison is one of America's most accomplished musicians, with four symphonies, three operas and a Pulitzer Prize-winning cantata to his credit. Of his Piano Trio No. 2, Harbison writes: '[It] makes little contact with the Mozart-to-Shostakovich... |
Anat Fort Trio
And If [ ECM / CD - released 23/Aug/2010 ] |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 / 7 Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok for Soprano and Piano Trio, Op. 127 Anita Soldh (soprano) / Stockholm Arts Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2006 ] "The Stockholm Arts Trio successfully captures the youthful ardour of the First Trio...Anita Soldh produces a remarkably authentic Slavic sound " - Classic CD |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol. 5 Aquinas Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Haydn worked during a period that witnessed a great deal of stylistic change, including the evolution of keyboard instruments from the harpsichord to the pianoforte with its hammer action and greater dynamic flexibility. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol. 6 Aquinas Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Haydn's 30 Piano Trios were written at a time when the harpsichord was being replaced by the pianoforte and when a parallel change saw the emergence of sonata-allegro form. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Volume 8 Aquinas Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] As one of the most celebrated composers of the late 18th century, Joseph Haydn can lay claim to being 'father of the piano trio' alongside that of other genres established in his lifetime such as the symphony and the string quartet. |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: Complete Piano Trios Arbor Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] "Some of the subtlest playing on the disc comes in the Third Piano Trio…The string duos of the second movement are wonderfully done." The Strad |
Arden Trio
Saint-Saens/Ravel: Piano Trios [ Delos / CD ] |
MAURICE RAVEL / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Ravel/Debussy: Violin Sonatas (plus Debussy's Cello Sonata & Ravel's Piano Trio) Arthur Griumiaux (violin) Maurice Gendron (cello) / Beaux Arts Trio [ Philips ABC Eloquence / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901=1950) - The two Debussy sonatas date from late in the composer's life and are wistful pieces, though not without humour. The Ravel Violin Sonata is sleek, elegant and has a delightful... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Flute Quartets / Oboe Quartet // Clarinet Quintet (with Schubert - String Quintet in C) Arthur Grumiaux (violin) William Bennett (flute), Pierre Pierlot (oboe) George Pieterson (clarinet) / Grumiaux Trio [ Philips SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] Grumiaux was an inveterate chamber musician and together with his Grumiaux Trio as well as selected soloists, delivers sublime, unforced yet probing performances of Mozart and Schubert. |
JOSEF SUK
Chamber Music (Incls 'Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 2') Atos Trio [ CPO / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] CPO's Josef Suk edition now turns to the chamber work of this magnificent late-romantic master. |
MENDELSSOHN
Piano Trio op. 49 in D minor / Piano Trio op. 66 in C minor ATOS Trio [ CPO Records / CD - released 18/May/2011 ] "Three voices - one sound: The kind of pitch-perfect unanimity of phrasing, tone, feeling and interpretation that distinguishes the finest chamber ensembles." (Detroit Free Press) |
SAINT-SAENS
The Complete Piano Trios The Australian Trio [ ABC Classics Discovery / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Celebrate the poetic genius of Camille Saint-Saens with this double album of chamber music masterworks. The composer's mastery of musical colour and mood is revealed in these passionate, richly emotional trios and duets, performed by one of... |
MENDELSSOHN
The Mendelssohn Experience (Includes 'Hear My Prayer', Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 & A Midsummer Night's Dream) Barbara Bonney, Beaux Arts Trio, Maxim Vengerov, Cyprien Katsaris, Eder Quartet, English Chamber Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] Far from the troubled, coarse libertine that has become an archetype of the Romantic composer, Felix Mendelssohn was something of an anomaly among his contemporaries. |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Piano Quintet / Piano Trio Barbican Piano Trio [ Black Box / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] "This performance by the Barbican Piano Trio is very fine, with special guests Jan Peter Schmolk on violin and James Boyd on viola. The group plays with unwavering feeling and finesse, showing a sensitive ear for the work's shifting moods and general... |
SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Piano Trios Barbican Piano Trio [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] |
Barry Harris Trio
Breakin' It Up [ CD ] |
The Barry Harris Trio
Complete Live In Tokyo 1976 [ Jazz Lips / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] |
The Barry Harris Trio
Plays Tadd Dameron and Thelonious Monk [ Jazz Lips / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] |
Barry Harris Trio with Al Cohn
Barry Harris Trio with Al Cohn [ Gambit / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] |