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YORK BOWEN
Bowen: Chamber Works [incls 'Sonata for Clarinet & Piano op.109'] Robert Plane (bass clarinet) Mia Cooper (violin) & David Adams (viola) / Gould Piano Trio [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] "The Gould Piano Trio...well recorded, play with fine teamwork and a strong feeling for Bowen's idiom...this is a valuable introduction to a formidably well equipped, if doggedly conversative, late Romantic composer." (BBC Music) |
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ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Piano Trios Nos. 3 & 4 Rosamunde Trio [ Alto / CD - released 20/Aug/2013 ] |
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LENNOX BERKELEY
Chamber works for wind, strings & piano Sarah Francis (oboe) Judith Fitton (flute) Michael Dussek (piano) / Tagore String Trio [ Regis Records / CD - released 7/Jul/2012 ] "Sarah Francis forms an idiomatic and communicative partnership with pianist Michael Dussek...a desirable collection, engineered with striking fidelity" (Gramophone) |
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KROMMER
Krommer, Franz - Quintets and Quartets for Oboe and strings Sarah Francis, oboe / Tagore String Trio with Jonathan Barritt, viola [ Regis Records / CD - released 17/May/2005 ] "..the two masterly Quintets are recorded here for the first time, having been researched extensivley for performing editions specially produced by these musicians.." - Michael D.Johnson |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Music for the Mind: Classic Music for Your Well-Being [2 CD set] Seraphim Trio [ ABC for Life / 5 CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2012 ] Travel across four centuries with ABC Classic, as we embark on a panoramic musical journey: Trio Through Time, a history of the piano trio from Mozart to Sculthorpe. |
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Shinya Fukumori Trio
For 2 Akis [ ECM / CD - released 16/Feb/0018 ] An ECM debut for a unique Japanese-French-German trio, with a lyrical sound of its own. Drummer-leader Shinya Fukumori, also the principal composer for the band, is an imaginative melodist at several levels, and the attention to timbre and detail and... |
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JOSEPH MARX
Phantasie / 4 Lieder Simone Nold (soprano) Christoph Renz (flute) Felix Schwartz (viola) / Hyperion trio [ CPO / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] Impressionistic twentieth-century Romanticist Joseph Marx was once Austria's most distinguished composer; his fame and authority continued to be unbroken even in the 1950s. |
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Marcin Wasilewski Trio
Trio [ ECM Records / CD - released 7/Jun/2005 ] Spirited Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski, bassist Slawomir Kurkiewicz and drummer Michal Miskiewicz take a crack at some contemporary material, including themes from Bjork and Wayne Shorter. |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol.1 Sitkovetsky Trio [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] With the three piano trios Op. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven took a genre still largely associated with entertaining salon music, and raised it up to rival the string quartet. |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Piano Trios Nos. 1 & 2 Sitkovetsky Trio [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2015 ] "Where this recording completely and utterly surpasses (others) is the sound quality. An interesting journey this: one that started with curiosity and reservation, but soon led to revelation." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month) |
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DVORAK / SMETANA / SUK
Sitkovetsky Piano Trio plays Dvořák, Smetana & Suk Sitkovetsky Trio [ BIS SACD / CD - released 22/Feb/2014 ] At first glance, a disc combining works by Smetana and Dvořák would appear to be a very Czech affair...But much of their chamber music had a more personal slant, and this applies to the works presented here by the young Sitkovetsky Trio. |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
The Complete Piano Trios Smetana Trio [ Supraphon / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2017 - Chamber Winner |
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SMETANA / DVORAK
Piano Trios Smetana Trio [ Supraphon / CD - released 18/Nov/2014 ] "Shostakovich's wartime Second Trio, such a powerful work, gets a splendid performance...the Smetana players know just what to do for maximum effect." (Gramophone) |
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BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana Collection Stamitz Quartet, Joachim Trio, Roberto Plano (piano), Antonin Kubalek (piano) Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Theodore Kuchar [ Brilliant Classics / 8 CD - released 1/May/2023 ] Bedřich Smetana was a Czech composer born in Bohemia and later became a national symbol of Czech culture. Smetana's musical style was influenced by Czech folk music, classical traditions and romanticism. He is best known for his cycle of six... |
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Stanley Cowell Trio
Illusion Suite (LP) [ ECM Luminessence Series / LP - released 18/Sep/2026 ] On Illusion Suite, "the charms are quiet", as Down Beat put it, reviewing the album in 1974. "It creeps up on you and hits you in the ear in subtle ways. Things you hadn't noticed keep jumping out. This album most directly and accurately pictures... |
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Stefano Battaglia Trio
In The Morning [ ECM Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] On his sixth album for ECM the Italian pianist and his trio reflect on the work of American composer Alec Wilder (1907 - 1980). "I first came into a more direct contact with Alec Wilder's music in the early 90s, when I was performing his Sonata for... |
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Stefano Battaglia Trio
The River of Anyder [ ECM / CD - released 5/Sep/2011 ] The pure water of the Anyder River flowered through Sir Thomas Moore's "Utopia". Italian pianist Stefano Battaglia celebrates it and other mythical and legendary locations... |
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Stefano Battaglia Trio
Songways [ ECM Records / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] Italian pianist Stefano Battaglia and his trio develop directions established on their acclaimed 2011 release 'The River of Anyder' with a new selection of chants, hymns and dances. |
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Steve Kuhn Trio
Mostly Coltrane [ ECM Records / CD - released 13/Jul/2009 ] 'Mostly Coltrane' is a celebration of the magisterial music of John Coltrane. In 1960 Steve Kuhn was the original pianist in John Coltrane's quartet, preceding McCoy Tyner. |
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SCHUBERT
Piano Trio No.1 / Piano Trio No.2 Storioni Trio Amsterdam [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] Schubert completed his two piano trios between November 1827 and November 1828, the last year of his life. Despite his ill health, he still managed to write an incredible amount of compositions, and one masterpiece after the other flowed from his pen. |