BERNSTEIN / GRIEG / HADJIDAKIS / ISOLANI / RAVEL
Parole in Musica: Music for Guitar Trio The Volterra Project Trio [ Naxos / CD - due 23/May/2025 ] This diverse programme of works for guitar trio is bound by the common thread of music inspired by stories from literature, stage or screen. With its rhythmic exuberance and tragic beauty, Bernstein's West Side Story has never lost its freshness and... |
Bill Evans Trio
Waltz For Debby [ Jazz Images / CD - released 1/Jan/2019 ] On June 25, 1961, the Bill Evans Trio recorded one of their performances at the celebrated Village Vanguard jazz club in New York. At that time, the trio consisted of Evans, Scott LaFaro on bass, and Paul Motian on drums. This formation is... |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Chamber Music [Incls String Quartet No. 3] Dante Quartet / Gould Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2019 ] Herbert Howells' style, immediately recognisable for its long melodic lines, rhapsodic nature and rich harmonies, defined the sound of English cathedral music in the 20th century. His studies in London imbued his works with sophistication and a... |
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... |
JOHN PSATHAS
Helix / Kartsigar / Songs for Simon Donald Nicolson / New Zealand String Quartet / NZ Trio / John Psathas [ Rattle Records / CD - released 29/Mar/2011 ] Helix is a truly 21st century album. Inspired by an eclectic range of musical interests, the album takes the listener on a millennia-leaping journey, from the sounds of the ancient Mediterranean, through the dance music of 18th century Italy, to the... |
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. |
The Howie Morrison Trio
In Concert [ Rajon / Sony Music New Zealand / CD - released 4/Oct/2013 ] This is the first album released by the HOWIE MORRISON TRIO. The group features Howard Morrison Jnr, Russell Harrison and Chris Powley. The group formed in 2012 and have been performing to sold out concerts throughout New Zealand ever since. The... |
Jacob Young Trio (Jacob Young, Mats Eilertsen, Audun Kleive)
Eventually [ ECM / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] Jacob Young's fourth leader-recording for ECM not only presents the guitarist's first pass a the guitar trio format, but moreover offers a broader view of his compositional pallet, as he, bassist Mats Eilertsen and drummer Audun Kleive explore a wide... |
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... |
John Scofield Trio
Uncle John's Band [ ECM / 2 CD - released 13/Oct/2023 ] Named for the Grateful Dead song that concludes this inspired double album, Uncle John's Band features masterful guitarist John Scofield at his most freewheeling. Wide ranging repertoire finds his trio with Vicente Archer and Bill Stewart tackling... |
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... |
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. |
Marcin Wasilewski Trio
En Attendant (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 29/Nov/2021 ] "There's a galaxy of piano trios in today's jazz universe," the BBC Music Magazine has noted, "but few shine as bright as Marcin Wasilewski's". On its seventh ECM album the multifaceted Polish group illuminates a characteristically wide span of... |
Marcin Wasilewski Trio / Joe Lovano
Arctic Riff (LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 10/Jul/2020 ] The first-time teaming of Poland's dynamic Marcin Wasilewski Trio and big-toned US tenorist Joe Lovano brings forth special music of concentrated, deep feeling, in which lyricism and strength seem ideally balanced. The alliance plays four new tunes... |
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". |
Jack DeJohnette / Larry Goldings / John Scofield : Trio Beyond
Saudades [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "I've been inspired by this project since Jack first phoned me with the musical concept. It seemed fitting to spotlight Tony Williams as Jack himself follows directly in the lineage of drum innovators. We each owe a debt to Tony for his genius, broad... |
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 |
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 ] |
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.... |
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. |
Norman Meehan Trio
Sun Moon Stars Rain [ Attar / CD - released 18/May/2009 ] |
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. |
Oscar Peterson Trio
We Get Requests [ Verve Records / CD - released 15/Aug/1997 ] |
Ralph Sharon Trio
The Essential Collection - The Magic Of Gershwin & Rodgers [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
Ralph Sharon Trio
The Essential Collection - The Magic Of Porter & Kern [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
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... |
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
Opening (LP) [ ECM / LP - released 18/Nov/2022 ] On the album Opening, Tord Gustavsen reveals a fresh angle to his particularly unique trio investigations into Scandinavian folk hymns, gospel, chorale and jazz, as he introduces a different voice on bass. With a new fellow-traveller on board and... |
Tord Gustavsen Trio
Seeing [ ECM / CD - released 4/Oct/2024 ] With Seeing, Tord Gustavsen begins an intricate new chapter in his series of acclaimed trio recordings, initiated in 2003 with Changing Places - an album that is today considered a classic. The new recording with its compact, concentrated song forms... |
Tord Gustavsen Trio
Seeing (LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 4/Oct/2024 ] With Seeing, Tord Gustavsen begins an intricate new chapter in his series of acclaimed trio recordings, initiated in 2003 with Changing Places - an album that is today considered a classic. The new recording with its compact, concentrated song forms... |
Tord Gustavsen Trio
What Was Said (2LP) [ 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... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / PAUL JUON / NIKOS SKALKOTTAS
Berlin Stories: Mendelssohn, Juon, Skalkottas Trio Gaspard [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] Berlin Stories is the first in a new series of recordings by the Trio Gaspard, based on different cultural capitals and composers associated with them. The album features three composers who lived and worked in Berlin for a period of their lives -... |
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 |
JOSEPH HAYDN / JOHANNES FISCHER
Joseph Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, Vol.1; Johannes Fischer: One Bar Wonder Trio Gaspard [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] "The Gaspard players like to keep the music sounding lively and spontaneous, and although their improvised runs and ornaments are discreet, this may not be to everyone's taste." BBC Music |
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.". |
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 |
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... |
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! |
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. |
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 |