CLAUDE DEBUSSY/ MAURICE RAVEL / GABRIEL FAURE
Debussy, Ravel, Faure: Piano trios The Florestan Trio [ Hyperion 30 / CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] 'The Florestans, exhibiting their trademark finesse, taste and sensitivity, fully demonstrate why they are one of the most highly prized of new ensembles' (The Scotsman) |
Thelonious Monk Trio
Thelonious Monk Trio (LP) [ Concord / LP - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Monk came to Prestige from Blue Note where he recorded with several groups of varying sizes including some trios. At Prestige his first two dates (October and December 1952) were strictly in a trio context with Art Blakey on the first and Max Roach... |
Tord Gustavsen Trio
Being There [ ECM Records / CD - released 24/Apr/2007 ] Offering gorgeous melodies & poetic lyricism, 'Being There' is another fine recording from Tord Gustavsen, Harald Johnsen and Jarle Vespestad. This third album from the TG Trio follows on from the superb 'Changing Places' and 'The Ground'. |
Tord Gustavsen Trio
The Ground [ ECM Records / CD - released 12/Nov/2004 ] The eagerly awaited follow-up to "Changing Places", the most successful ECM debut of the last decade! The improvising of Gustavsen's Trio is always restrained, subtle, tasteful. |
Tord Gustavsen Trio
The Other Side [ ECM / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] "This is the chill-out as a state of grace, and it can go as deep as you like. Sublime," wrote the Independent on Sunday of the Gustavsen's trio's Being There, released in 2007. Over the last decade Tord has explored other ensemble forms and formats,... |
GIULIANI
Boccherini: Six Trios Op. 1 & Six Sinfonias Op.35 Trio Arcophon & I Filarmonici di Bologna, Angelo Ephrikian [ Newton Classics / 3 CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] |
Trio Azteca & De Norte A Sur
The Best of Mexico [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] |
Trio Hugo Diaz
Tango Argentino [ Arc / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] The great Hugo Díaz and partners deliver an an album of passionate Tangos by Astor Piazzolla, Agustín Bardi, Héctor Stamponi etc. Here are some of the titles in this collection: Verano porteño, La Trapera, Los Mareados, Adiós Nonino, Milonga de mis... |
GUDMUNDSEN / HOLMGREEN / HEGAARD / KOCH / NIELSEN / NORHOLM
Five Danish Piano Trios Trio Ismena [ Dacapo / CD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] "[The Gudmundsen-Holmgreen] piece is worth the price of the disc alone, and suggests that Nielsen's legacy of individuality has eclipsed Gade's ideas of conformity when it comes to Denmark's most worthy 21st-century music" Gramophone Magazine, Januar |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Trios Trio Élégiaque [ Brilliant Classics Quintessence / 5 CD Box Set - released 25/Sep/2020 ] The young French Trio Elegiaque has already received great critical acclaim for their recording of Messiaen and Dusapin (Diapason d'Or!). They played the Beethoven trio cycle several times in concert series. |
TRADITIONAL
Rimur Trio Mediaeval & Arve Henriksen (trumpet) [ ECM / CD - released 16/Jun/2017 ] "if the idea of a semi-distant Nordic cousin to Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble's 'Officium' series appeals, this is worth procuring" (Gramophone) |
Trio Mocoto
Trio Mocotó (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 1/Mar/2019 ] Essential and sought-after Brazilian samba-jazz classic. |
PETERIS VASKS
Vasks: Works for Piano Trio Trio Palladio [ Ondine / CD - released 28/Feb/2020 ] "The performance from these Latvian musicians is as soulful as could be imagined...[Plainscapes] - with exquisite gradations of vibrato from the two strings - is invested with rare space, profundity and a sense of deep personal need." Gramophone |
LEON BOELLMANN / ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
By Heart and Soul Trio Pohadka [ CD - released 18/Jul/2013 ] Trio Pohadka consists of a mix of a professional musician, a doctor and a cancer researcher who enjoy working together and are passionate about promoting high quality music to all audiences. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios [Nos 14, 18, 21, 26 & 31] Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Apr/2018 ] "There is enough clarity around each instrument to make every line audible, which hasn't necessarily been the case in the Wanderer's previous recordings of Romantic music" Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2018 |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Trio no.1 op.99 / Piano Trio no.2 op.100 Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD - released 22/Feb/2008 ] "With these recordings the Trio Wanderer made their debut in 2000, and were greeted with remarks about 'near-Beethovenian' voltage…here, indeed, the Trio live up to their name by responding with a sure touch to Schubert's sad wanderer rhythm.". |
BEDRICH SMETANA
Smetana: Piano trio (with Liszt - Elegies) Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "What a fascinating issue this is. The combination of arrangements and original compositions variously for piano, violin and cello by Liszt and Smetana's marvellous G minor Piano Trio is appropriate...The Wanderer Trio are very successful in the six... |
GABRIEL FAURE / GABRIEL PIERNE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Faure/Pierne: Piano Trios Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] ".this music remains quietly compelling, especially as played here. The Trio Wanderer beautifully sustain the understated conversational lyricism of the slow movement." BBC Music |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Complete Piano Trio, Quartet & Quintet Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD - released 30/Apr/2021 ] Constantly shifting from the most impulsive exuberance to the most restrained meditation, from the most intense passion to the most innocent tenderness, this programme forms a representative panorama of Schumann's chamber music. Going beyond the... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Quartet Op 60 / Piano trio Op 8 Trio Wanderer, with Christophe Gaugué, viola [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 10/Feb/2016 ] "Polished performances of the original version of the B major Piano Trio and the dark-hued C minor Piano Quartet." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb March 2016) |