Clarke/Beach/Ives: Piano Trios

For their debut album on Resonus Classics, The Gould Piano Trio presents three Trios with strong American ties.

Charles Ives' (1874-1954) only Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano is without question, one of his most major works. Amy Beach (1867-1944) was recognized in her lifetime as one of the most acclaimed American composers - her Trio, Op. 150, was composed in 1938 and is steeped in the developmental processes of late-nineteenth-century models while quoting two Inuit folk songs. Although born and educated in England, Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979) wrote her Piano Trio as part of a chamber music competition in Pittsfield MA and has been described as the finest work in the genre by any British composer.