Anat Fort Trio
And If [ ECM / CD - released 23/Aug/2010 ] |
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 |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol. 5 Aquinas Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Haydn worked during a period that witnessed a great deal of stylistic change, including the evolution of keyboard instruments from the harpsichord to the pianoforte with its hammer action and greater dynamic flexibility. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Vol. 6 Aquinas Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] Haydn's 30 Piano Trios were written at a time when the harpsichord was being replaced by the pianoforte and when a parallel change saw the emergence of sonata-allegro form. |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Volume 8 Aquinas Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 12/May/2023 ] As one of the most celebrated composers of the late 18th century, Joseph Haydn can lay claim to being 'father of the piano trio' alongside that of other genres established in his lifetime such as the symphony and the string quartet. |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: Complete Piano Trios Arbor Piano Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] "Some of the subtlest playing on the disc comes in the Third Piano Trio…The string duos of the second movement are wonderfully done." The Strad |
Arden Trio
Saint-Saens/Ravel: Piano Trios [ Delos / CD ] |
MAURICE RAVEL / CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Ravel/Debussy: Violin Sonatas (plus Debussy's Cello Sonata & Ravel's Piano Trio) Arthur Griumiaux (violin) Maurice Gendron (cello) / Beaux Arts Trio [ Philips ABC Eloquence / CD - released 9/Sep/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901=1950) - The two Debussy sonatas date from late in the composer's life and are wistful pieces, though not without humour. The Ravel Violin Sonata is sleek, elegant and has a delightful... |
JOSEF SUK
Chamber Music (Incls 'Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 2') Atos Trio [ CPO / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] CPO's Josef Suk edition now turns to the chamber work of this magnificent late-romantic master. |
MENDELSSOHN
Piano Trio op. 49 in D minor / Piano Trio op. 66 in C minor ATOS Trio [ CPO Records / CD - released 18/May/2011 ] "Three voices - one sound: The kind of pitch-perfect unanimity of phrasing, tone, feeling and interpretation that distinguishes the finest chamber ensembles." (Detroit Free Press) |
SAINT-SAENS
The Complete Piano Trios The Australian Trio [ ABC Classics Discovery / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Celebrate the poetic genius of Camille Saint-Saens with this double album of chamber music masterworks. The composer's mastery of musical colour and mood is revealed in these passionate, richly emotional trios and duets, performed by one of... |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Piano Quintet / Piano Trio Barbican Piano Trio [ Black Box / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] "This performance by the Barbican Piano Trio is very fine, with special guests Jan Peter Schmolk on violin and James Boyd on viola. The group plays with unwavering feeling and finesse, showing a sensitive ear for the work's shifting moods and general... |
Barry Harris Trio
Breakin' It Up [ CD ] |
The Barry Harris Trio
Complete Live In Tokyo 1976 [ Jazz Lips / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] |
The Barry Harris Trio
Plays Tadd Dameron and Thelonious Monk [ Jazz Lips / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] |
Barry Harris Trio with Al Cohn
Barry Harris Trio with Al Cohn [ Gambit / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Trios Volume 4 Bartolozzi Trio: Matthew Truscott (violin), Richard Lester (cello) & Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Dec/2014 ] Haydn's thirty Piano Trios were written between 1784 and 1797, reflecting both changes in keyboard instruments, as the piano replaced the harpsichord, and developments in sonata form. The Trios included here, dating from the earlier years of this... |
JOSEF HAYDN
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) |
BRAHMS
Piano Trios Beaux Arts Trio [ Decca Originals / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] "The playing is always highly vital and sensitive. There is a splendid, finely projected sense of line and the delicate, sensitive playing of Menahem Pressler is always a delight." The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: String Quartet / Piano Trio / Introduction et Allegro Beaux Arts Trio / Carmirelli Quartet / Chamber Music Society of Amsterdam / Eduard van Beinum [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] 'this new Beaux Arts performance, even more than their previous one, is most sensitive to the music's ebb and flow, acutely aware of its inventive new combinations of sounds ... the new Beaux Arts recording now becomes the prime recommendation'... |