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 |
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 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Piano Trios nos 1 & 2 Trio Wanderer [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 3/May/2019 ] Rachmaninoff's output of chamber music is small but all the more precious for that. Two absolute gems bear witness to the fact: these 'elegiac trios', which were produced by a young composer still indisputably under the influence of Tchaikovsky. But... |
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) |
JOHANN BAPTIST VANHAL
Vanhal: Flute Quartets, Op. 7, Nos. 2, 3, 6 Uwe Grodd (flute) / Janaki String Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "Fortunately the performances and each of the three quartets prove attractive. The players of the Janaki String Trio and flautist Uwe Grodd play on modern instruments and do so with deft sensitivity" (MusicWeb April 2007) |
Vienna Piano Trio
Beethoven: Piano Trios Op.1 [ Nimbus / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] |
JOSEF HAYDN
Piano Trios Hob.XV: Nos. 18, 24, 29 & 25 'Gypsy' Vienna Piano Trio [ Nimbus / CD - released 11/Jun/2003 ] "Among countless other delights in these bold and addictive performances is the sensitivity to the power of silence, and the short, hushed half-tones within the long-breathed lines of the Andante of the A major Trio. And, not least, the perceptive... |
Vince Guaraldi Trio
Jazz Impressions Of Black Orpheus (Deluxe Expanded Edition) [ Concord / 2 CD - released 18/Nov/2022 ] This deluxe 2CD set greatly expands Vince Guaraldi Trio's landmark achievement, which included the Grammy® winning hit "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" (No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart). The set features 16 bonus tracks including alternate... |
Wynton Kelly Trio And Wes Montgomery
Smokin' At The Half Note (Verve Acoustic Sounds Series) (LP) [ Verve / LP - released 28/Apr/2023 ] To celebrate Wes Montgomery's centennial on March 6, essential listening for anyone who wants to hear why Wes' live shows were considered the pinnacle of his brilliant and incredibly influential guitar playing. He never played with more drive and... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios Vol 1: Nos. 5 and 6 / Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 44 Xyrion Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 23/Oct/2005 ] MARBECKS STAFF RECORDING OF THE YEAR 2006 - "A wonderful disc, well recorded and containing some magnificent playing. Do hear this." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |
LUDWIG avn BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Trios, Vol. 2 (Nos. 1, 2, 9) Xyrion Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2007 ] "As an inexpensive means of getting to know Beethoven's first two piano trios this disc may have its merits, but there are considerably greater rewards to be had from the elegantly-shaped and warmly recorded accounts by the Trio" (BBC Music) |
Yonathan Avishai Trio
Joys & Solitudes [ ECM / CD - released 25/Jan/2019 ] Israeli-French pianist Yonathan Avishai has made important contributions to the music of Avishai Cohen, as documented on Into The Silence and Cross My Palm With Silver. In parallel, over the last five years, he has been developing his own project... |
Steve Howe Trio
The Haunted Melody [ HoweSounds / CD - released 19/Aug/2008 ] A true giant of the rock scene (including his work with Yes & Asia), guitarist Steve Howe shows that he more than cuts it musically on jazz terms with this fantastic trio - which includes his son, Dylan Howe on drums. |
Alex Skolnick Trio
Veritas [ Palmetto Records / CD - released 9/May/2011 ] The Alex Skolnick Trio has gradually grown from an interesting novelty to a thoroughly respectable jazz-funk-rock unit... |
Bill Evans Trio
How My Heart Sings! (LP) [ Concord / LP - released 27/Oct/2023 ] Bill Evans' 1962 studio sessions with bassist Chuck Israels and drummer Paul Motian produced two of the jazz legend's most popular sets with both Moon Beams and How My Heart Sings! Displaying more of a mid and even tempo flair than the all ballads... |