Piano trio repertoire

Among the fairly large repertoire for the standard piano trio (violin, cello, and piano) are the following works:

Ordering is by surname of composer.

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  • Arno Babadzhanyan
    • Piano Trio in F minor (1953)
  • David N. Baker
    • Contrasts (1976) for violin, violoncello, and piano (Commissioned by The Western Arts Trio)
    • Roots (1976) for violin, violoncello, and piano (Commissioned by The Beaux Arts Trio)
    • Roots II (1992) for violin, violoncello, and piano (Commissioned by the Beaux Arts Trio)
  • Woldemar Bargiel
    • Piano Trio No. 1 in F major, Op. 6
    • Piano Trio No. 2 in E major, Op. 20
    • Piano Trio No. 3 in B major, Op. 37
  • Vytautas Barkauskas
    • Modus vivendi, Op. 108 (1996)
  • Roland Batik
    • Four Intermezzi for Piano Trio
  • Amy Beach
    • Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 150 (1938)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    • Piano Trios Nos. 1-3 (E-flat major, G major, C minor), Op. 1
    • Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat major (alternate version of the trio for clarinet, violoncello and piano), Op. 11
    • Piano Trio (arrangement - with Beethoven's approval, possibly by him - of the second symphony in D major, Op. 36)
    • Piano Trio (arrangement of Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20), Op. 38
    • Allegretto in B major WoO.39
    • Variations for Piano Trio in E major, Op. 44
    • Piano Trio (arrangement of string quintet in E-flat major, Op.4), Op. 63
    • 2 Piano Trios (D major "Ghost", E-flat major), Op. 70
    • Piano Trio No. 7 in B-flat major "Archduke", Op. 97
    • Variations on Müller's Song for Piano Trio in G major, Op. 121a
    • From "A Select Collection of 25 Original Irish Airs" (WwO 152)
    • From "A Select Collection of 20 Original Irish Airs" (WwO 153)

  • Martin Bjelik
    • Piano Trio in B major (1986)
  • Bert Breit
    • Shibbolet. Trio for violin, cello, and piano (1996)
  • Frank Bridge
    • Phantasie Trio (Piano Trio No. 1) 1907
    • Piano Trio No. 2 (1929)
  • Jane Brockman
    • StarSail Trio for violin, cello and piano (2008)
    • Dance of Spirals: Trio for violin, cello and piano (2008)
    • Departures: Trio for violin, cello and piano (2009)
  • Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf
    • Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 1

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  • Artur Malawski
    • Piano Trio in C-sharp major (1953)
  • Heinrich Marschner
    • Piano Trio no. 1 in A minor, Op.29 (1823)
    • Piano Trio no. 2 in G minor, Op. 111 (1841)
    • Piano Trio no. 3 in F minor Op.121 (1843)
    • Piano Trio no. 4 in D, Op.135 (1847)
    • Piano Trio no. 5 in D minor, Op.138 (1848)
    • Piano Trio no. 6 in C minor, Op. 148 (1851)
    • Piano Trio no. 7 in F, Op. 167 (1855)
  • Frank Martin (1890–1974)
    • Trio sur des mélodies polulaires irlandaises (1925)
  • Bohuslav Martinů
    • Piano Trio No. 1 ("Cinq pièces brèves"), H. 193
    • Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor, H. 327
    • Piano Trio No. 3 in C major, H. 332
    • Five Bergerettes for piano trio, H. 275
  • Giuseppe Martucci
    • Piano Trio No. 1 in C major, Op. 59
    • Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 62
  • Ludwig Meinardus
    • Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 40

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    • Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, K. 254
    • Piano Trio No. 2 in G major, K. 496
    • Piano Trio No. 3 in B major, K. 502
    • Piano Trio No. 4 in E major, K. 542
    • Piano Trio No. 5 in C major, K. 548
    • Piano Trio No. 6 in G major, K. 564
    • Divertimento B-flat major K. 254
    • Allegro in D minor, K. 442/1 (1783?)
    • Andantino in G major, K. 442/2 (1783?)
    • Allegro in D major, K. 442/3 (1783?)
    • Fragment in B major, K. 501a (1786)
  • Robert Muczynski
    • Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 24 (1966)
    • Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 36 (1975)
    • Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 46 (1986-7)

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  • Joachim Raff
    • Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 102
    • Piano Trio No. 2 in G major, Op. 112
    • Piano Trio No. 3 in A minor, Op. 155
    • Piano Trio No. 4 in D major, Op. 158[11]
  • Max Reger
    • Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 102 (written 1907).
    • Another, Op. 2 in B minor, written for the non-standard combination of violin/viola/piano.)
  • Anton Reicha
    • Sonata for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 47 (pub. 1804)
    • Six Trios Concertants for piano, violin and cello (E-flat major, D minor, C major, F major, D major, A major), Op. 101 (Paris, 1824)
    • Trio (1824)
    • Trio (?)
  • Konrad Rennert
    • Crossing the bar - Fraktur XIII (1997)
  • Josef Rheinberger
    • Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 34 (1862, revised 1867)
    • Piano Trio in A major, Op. 112 (1878)
    • Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 121 (1880)
    • Piano Trio in F major, Op. 191 (1898) () also arranged as a piano, strings and winds sextet

  • Wolfgang Rihm
    • Fremde Szenen I. - III. Versuche für Klaviertrio (1982/84)
  • Kurt Roger
    • Trio in E major, Op. 77 (1953)
  • Julius Röntgen
    • Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 23 (1883)
    • Piano Trio No. 2 in D major (1898)
    • Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor (1898)
    • Piano Trio No. 4 in C minor, Op. 50 (1904)
    • in addition to 10 other piano trios written between the years 1883 and 1932
  • Nikolai Roslavets
    • Piano Trio No. 1 (lost)
    • Piano Trio No. 2 (1920)
    • Piano Trio No. 3 (1921)
    • Piano Trio No. 4 (1927)
  • Edmund Rubbra
    • Piano Trio in One Movement, Op. 68 (1950)
    • Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 138 (1970) ()
  • Anton Rubinstein
    • Piano Trio No. 1 in F major, Op. 15/1
    • Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 15/2
    • Piano Trio No. 3 in B major, Op. 52
    • Piano Trio No. 4 in A major, Op. 85
    • Piano Trio No. 5 in C minor, Op. 108
  • Joseph Ryelandt
    • Piano Trio No. 1 in B minor, Op. 57 (1915)
    • Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 131 (1944)[12]

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  • Camille Saint-Saëns
    • Piano Trio No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 (1863)
    • Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 92 (1892)
    • Le Carnaval des Animaux (not, strictly speaking, a piano trio, though built around one; 1886)
  • José M. Sánchez-Verdú
    • Trio III "Wie ein Hauch aus Licht und Schatten" (2000)
    • Hekkan II (Trio IV) (2008)
    • "Territorio interior" (Trio V) (2014)
  • Alfredo Sangiorgi
    • Tre invenzioni (1947)
  • Lalo Schiffrin
    • Hommage à Ravel (1995)
  • Karl Schiske
    • Sonatina Op.34 (1952)
  • Helmut Schmidinger
    • "... schickt sich wahrscheinlich nicht in einem so ernsten Konzert". Zehn Sätze aus "Leutnant Gustl" von Arthur Schnitzler (2003/04)
  • Tobias PM Schneid
    • Pianotrio No. 2 (2007)
  • Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
    • Piano Trio (arrangement made in 1992 of string trio (1985))
  • Robert Schollum
    • Halbturn Evening Music for violin, cello, and piano, Op. 95 (1975)

Piano Trio (1984)

  • Robert Schumann
    • Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 63
    • Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 80
    • Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110
    • Fantasiestücke (Phantasy Pieces) in A minor, Op.88
    • Studien. 6 Stücke in canonischer Form Op. 56 (arr. Th. Kirchner)
  • Friedrich Schwarzacher
    • Trio 47/99
  • Jean Sibelius
    • Piano Trio No. 1 in A minor (1884)[14]
    • Allegro for Piano Trio (1886)[14]
    • Piano Trio No. 2 in A minor "Havträsk trio" (1886)[14]
    • Piano Trio No. 3 in D major (1887)[14]
    • Andantino for Piano Trio (1887-8)[14]
    • Piano Trio No. 4 in C major "Loviisa trio" (1888)[14]
  • Valentin Silvestrov
    • "Drama" for violin, cello and piano (1971)
  • Nikos Skalkottas
    • Piano Trio (1936)
    • Eight Variations for Piano Trio (on a Greek Folk Tune) (1938)
  • Richard Strauss
    • Piano Trio No. 1 in A major, Op.AV.37
    • Piano Trio No. 2 in D major, Op.AV.53
  • Josef Suk
    • Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 2
    • Elegie for Piano Trio, Op. 23
  • Tomas Svoboda
    • Passacaglia & Fugue, Op. 87
    • Phantasy, Op. 120
    • Trio (van Gogh), Op. 116

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Other combinations for Piano Trio

Many works also exist for less conventional groupings of instruments, but can still be classified as piano trios. Among these:

See also

References

  1. MacDonald (1990) argues for this as (probably) a trio by Brahms, but there are others who argue against.
  2. "Englund Worklist". FIMIC. Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  3. "Description of Scan of 1865 Kistner Edition of Goldmark First Piano Trio". Sibley Research. hdl:1802/1831.
  4. three works from a CD of Graener's complete music for piano trio- which also includes one work for speaker and piano trio - released on the cpo label in 2011 (OCLC 703212799).
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Review of Hyperion Recording of Gretchaninov Piano Trios". Abeilleinfo (in French). Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Library of Congress OPAC". Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  7. See imslp.org for Hans Huber's trios 2-4.
  8. "John Ireland's Works - N to P". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "John Ireland's Works - T to Y". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 "Catalog of George Onslow's Works". Retrieved 2008-05-04.
  11. "Raff Chamber Works by Genre". Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  12. "Ryelandt Worklist" (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2007-11-01. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  13. "The Complete Chamber Music of Xaver Scharwenka". Hyperion Records. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 "Sibelius Trios, Quartets and Quintets". Retrieved 2008-01-22.

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