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NIKOLAY ROSLAVETS / DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 10 The Brahms Trio [ Naxos / CD - due 27/Feb/2026 ] Nikolay Roslavets was one of the great musical innovators of the 1920s, described by Stravinsky as 'the most interesting Russian composer of the 20th century,' but vilified by the Soviet regime on account of his constant experimentation. His Piano... |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: The Piano Trios, Vol. 2 Busch Trio [ Alpha Classics / CD - due 8/May/2026 ] For this second volume of their complete Beethoven piano trios, the Busch Trio illustrates the great variety that the composer was able to draw from an ensemble of just three instruments. The Trio in G Major, begun in 1793, is the second of three... |
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JOSEPH HAYDN / HELENA WINKELMAN
Haydn: Complete Piano Trios Vol.5 / Winkelman: Threesome in a High-den Trio Gaspard [ Chandos / CD - due 10/Apr/2026 ] One of the most sought-after young chamber ensembles of its type, Trio Gaspard is praised for its unique and fresh approach to the score, one recent recording prompting The Times to conclude: 'Kaleidoscopic textures and sprightly wit, wonderfully... |
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David Friesen Trio
Another Time Another Place [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 18/Aug/2017 ] Recorded live in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the CJC jazz club in Auckland at the end of their 2015 tour, Reuben Bradley (drums), Dixon Nacey (guitar), and American bass playing legend David Friesen deliver a 70 minute set of full-on... |
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PIAZZOLLA / ALBINONI / BEETHOVEN / DVORAK / RACHMANINOV / VILLA-LOBOS / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Best of Eroica Trio Eroica Trio [ EMI Classics / CD - released 12/Jan/2004 ] The Eroica Trio have toured and recorded widely, and released six recordings for Angel/EMI Classics Records, garnering multiple Grammy Award nominations. This is a selection from these recordings. |
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James Brandon Lewis Trio
Apple Cores [ Anti- / CD - released 7/Feb/2025 ] Apple Cores is the latest full-length album from New York tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, "one of the fiercest sounds in jazz today" (The Guardian) with a "penchant for unbound exploration" (Pitchfork) Informed by the rhythms and textures... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Katharina Konradi - Insomnia Katharina Konradi (soprano), Trio Gaspard [ Berlin Classics / CD - released 26/May/2023 ] "Insomnia is a persistent or recurrent sleeplessness. When we sleep fitfully or lie awake night after night, we conjure up all manner of images, fantasies and feelings, which in the hours of darkness or twilight mostly seem confused, larger than life... |
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WOLDEMAR BARGIEL
Bargiel: Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2 Leonore Piano Trio [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] The name of Woldemar Bargiel may be little known today - although he was the half-brother of Clara Schumann, no less - but he was highly regarded by Brahms and the Schumanns. These are two delightful, richly melodic works. |
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MIKE NOCK
Vicissitudes Mike Nock Trio / NZTrio [ Rattle Records / CD - released 21/Oct/2016 ] Mike Nock (ONZM) is an internationally recognised master of jazz. His trio, with Christchurch-born bassist Brett Hirst and Australian drummer James Waples, is one of the top modern jazz groups in Australasia. NZTrio is New Zealand's leading piano... |
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Nairobi Trio
Collection [ Ode Records / CD - released 16/Mar/2009 ] NT's eighth album is a mixture of skillfully crafted original pieces; "Firth Of Forth", "Blue Mamba" and Jazz favourites including "My Favourite Things" and Van Morrison's "Someone Like You". |
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GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE / CECILE CHAMINADE / LILI BOULANGER / Dame ETHEL SMYTH
A Room Of Her Own Neave Trio [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] "…These chamber works are still not in the mainstream. The Neave Trio … put their case eloquently." - The Guardian |
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AURORA AUSTRALIS
Aurora Australis: Asia Pacific Festival 2007 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea, Strike Percussion Ensemble, STROMA, New Zealand Trio, etc [ Atoll / Lilburn Trust / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2012 ] |
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LILBURN / FARR / RITCHIE / PSATHAS / FARQUHAR
Island Song - a collection of beautiful NZ music from the Trust Records catalogue New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / NZ Trio / NZSO Chamber Orchestra / Kenneth Young / Marc Taddei [ Trust Records / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] A collection of beautiful NZ classical music from the Trust Records catalogue. This mid-price album features classical pieces written by five celebrated New Zealanders: Gareth Farr, John Psathas, Douglas Lilburn, David Farquhar and John Ritchie.... |
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PSATHAS / KELLY / NORRIS / AXTENS / FARR / GRENFELL
Spark The New Zealand Trio [ Trust / CD - released 15/Nov/2005 ] The brightest new stars in the firmament of New Zealand chamber music, The New Zealand Trio here make their debut recording with a programme of works they have made their own in concerts throughout New Zealand and overseas. |
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Norman Meehan Trio
Sun Moon Stars Rain [ Attar / CD - released 18/May/2009 ] |
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JANET JENNINGS / ROB THORNE / SALINA FISHER / ALEXANDER ALFORD / MIRIAMA YOUNG et al
Force Of Nature: Te Aumangea o te Ao Turoa NZ Trio, Peter Scholes, Kathryn Moorhead, Rob Thorne, Yoshi Tsuruta [ Atoll Records / CD - released 17/Mar/2023 ] Eight composers pay homage to New Zealand nature, celebrating 100 years of Forest & Bird. |
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Ralph Sharon Trio
The Essential Collection - The Magic Of Gershwin & Rodgers [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
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Ralph Sharon Trio
The Essential Collection - The Magic Of Porter & Kern [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy Sonatas and Piano Trio Te Kōkī Trio [ Rattle Records / CD - released 30/Jun/2017 ] For their debut release on Rattle, Te Kōkī Trio has chosen a programme of some of the most beautiful small-scale chamber music ever written, 50 minutes of sublime Debussy. This wonderful recording combines works from the opposite ends of Debussy's... |
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Tord Gustavsen Trio
What Was Said (LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 12/Feb/2016 ] What Was Said brings new colours to Tord Gustavsen's musical palette. His new project introduces the entrancing German-Afghan vocalist Simin Tander, and builds upon the subtle understanding of his long musical association with drummer Jarle... |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 4 (with Sally Beamish: Trance) Trio Gaspard [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Feb/2025 ] "this quartet of trios is a canny selection from Trio Gaspard, which adds further desirability when dispatched with the affection and innate understanding that have become hallmarks of the ensemble's performances." Gramophone |
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Trio Mocoto
Trio Mocotó [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & Seven Romances of Alexander Blok Trio Wanderer / Ekatarina Semenchuk (mezzo-soprano), Catherine Montier (violin), Christophe Gaugué (viola) [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "The individual members of Trio Wanderer capture the cycle's contrasting moods of despair, passion, violence, mystery and gentle lyricism with playing of magnetic power and imagination." BBC Music Five Stars - Chamber Choice. Dec 2020 |
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CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Piano Trio & Quintet, Violin Sonata - Louis Vierne: Piano Quintet Trio Wanderer & Vierne Quintette [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 26/May/2023 ] The Trio Wanderer follows up its multi-award-winning Schumann set with an exploration of the fascinating world of César Franck. The gulf between his youthful trios and the prodigious works of his maturity reveals a fundamental turning point in the... |
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Trio-Da Kali and Kronos Quartet
Ladilikan [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 15/Sep/2017 ] You take a trio of the finest traditional griot musicians from Mali and put them in the studio with a renowned and revolutionary Western string quartet - and the resulting album is one of the most richly rewarding musical collaborations you are... |
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BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio Op 1, No 3 (with Brahms - Piano Trio in C) Turnovsky Trio [ Trust / CD - released 1/Aug/2000 ] The debut album by the Turnovsky Trio! |
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Artists incls Noel Coward, Les Paul Trio, Nat King Cole Trio, Ruth Etting, Elisabeth Welch, Billy Mayerl & Jessie Matthews:
Elegance: A Musical Journey Through the 30s & 40s [ Past Perfect / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] This album features polished performances from the most elegant artists of the 1930s and 40s, including Noel Coward, Nat King Cole, Fred Astaire and a wonderful Cole Porter medley from Hutch. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Beethoven: Piano Trio Op 1, No. 1 & Piano trio Op. 11 'Gassenhauer' Vienna Piano Trio [ Nimbus / CD ] "these performances meet every criterion of excellence in regard to sound and execution; the Vienna Piano Trio is among the most celebrated of its kind" MusicWeb |
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Vijay Iyer Trio
Break Stuff [ ECM / CD - released 13/Mar/2015 ] "Break Stuff" is what happens after formal elements have been addressed. Vijay Iyer calls the break "a span of time in which to act. It's the basis for breakdowns, breakbeats, and break dancing... it can be the moment when everything comes to life."... |
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Wilson Simonal / Trio Mocotó
Nem Vem Que Nao Tem / Nao Adianta [ Mr Bongo / 7in - released 30/Aug/2024 ] Wilson Simonal and Trio Mocotó provide a double dose of Brazilian classics for this Brazil 45's 7 inch. First up, an infectious, samba-MPB hit from one of Brazil's most popular artists of the '60s and early '70s, Wilson Simonal. Originally... |
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Stephane Grappelli & Yehudi Menuhin (violins), with Alan Clare Trio, etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Menuhin & Grappelli Play Berlin, Kern, Porter and Rodgers & Hart [ EMI Classics / CD - released 22/Feb/1988 ] "The dialogue is seemingly spontaneous, and the tone is affectionate and bantering. Given the scaffolding of these wonderful songs, Grappelli and Menuhin build castles in the sky. You may wish to mix martinis before putting this CD on," ClassicalNet |
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W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Quintets, Quartets, Movements & Fragments Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble, Grumiaux Trio, with William Bennett (Flute) [ Philips Complete Mozart Edition Vol 10 / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/1991 ] .Recordings made 1970-1991 |
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Alfredo Campoli (violin) / The Alfred Campoli Trio, with Olive Groves (soprano) & Cavan O'Connor (tenor)
Alfredo Campoli - Salon Music of the Thirties [ ASV Living Era / CD - released 1/Feb/1994 ] One of the most significant violinists in gramophone history, Alfredo Campoli enjoyed tremendous success in the 1930s as a purveyor of light music, in concerts with his own salon orchestra. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi: The Four Seasons (arr. for three guitars) Amsterdam Guitar Trio [ Red Red Seal / CD - released 3/Jan/1984 ] Recorded October 1983 in The Old Catholic Church, Utrecht, Netherlands. |
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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 |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Haydn: 9 Piano Trios Beaux Arts Trio [ Pentatone SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jun/2009 ] "PentaTone's DSD remastering of the four-channel original for SACD shows what fine recordings these always were; the sound is quite simply beautiful." (Five Stars AudAud.com) |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dvorak: Piano Trios Beaux Arts Trio [ Philips Duo / 2 CD - released 3/Jan/1996 ] Original recordings from 1969 |
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Bobby Scott Trio
Bobby Scott and his Trio - For Sentimental Reasons [ Limelight / CD - released 5/Mar/2012 ] Recorded April 3 to 5, 1989 New York |
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ALEXANDER ALYABIEV / MIKHAIL GLINKA / ANTON RUBINSTEIN
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol 1 The Brahms Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] The piano trio holds an important place in the history of Russian chamber music and to follow the development of the genre is to accompany the fascinating history of Russian music in the 19th century. Its beginnings can be found with Alexander... |
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VLADIMIR DYCK / CONSTANTIN IVANOVICH von STERNBERG / SERGEY YOUFEROV
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 5 The Brahms Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 9/Jul/2021 ] This album concludes The Brahms Trio's five-volume survey of the piano trio in Russia with remarkable works by composers whose names have all but disappeared from the musical world's collective memory. |