Piano trio repertoire

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.

Piano Trio Repertoire

"Violin, Cello and Piano"

A

• Franghiz Ali-zade
  • Impromptus (2004)

• Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
  • Piano Trio #1 in d minor, op. 32
  • Piano Trio #2 in f minor, op.73

B

• Vytautas Barkauskas
  • Modus vivendi op. 108 (1996)

• Roland Batik
  • Four Intermezzi

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
  • 3 Piano Trios (E-flat major, G major, c minor), op. 1
  • Piano Trio in B-flat, 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 B-Dur WoO.39
  • Variations for Piano Trio in E-flat 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 in B-flat major "Archduke", op. 97
  • Adagio, Variationen and Rondo op.121a („Kakadu-Variations“)
  • 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)

• Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
  • Piano Trio (1937)

• Martin Bjelik
  • Piano Trio in B (1986)

• Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
  • Three Nocturnes (1924)
  • Piano Trio (1925)

• Lili Boulanger
  • Deux pièces en trio (1918)

• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
  • Piano Trio #1 in B major/minor, op. 8 (two versions; 1854 and 1891)
  • Piano Trio #2 in C major, op. 87
  • Piano Trio #3 in c minor, op. 101
  • Piano Trio #4 in A major, op. post. (spurious)

• Bert Breit
  • Shibbolet. Trio for violin, cello, and piano (1996)

• Frank Bridge (1871-1941)
  • Phantasie Trio (Piano Trio No. 1) 1907
  • Piano Trio No. 2 (1929)

• Max Bruch
  • Piano Trio in c minor op.5 (1857)

• Ignaz Brüll
  • Trio E flat Major op.14

• Ferruccio Busoni
  • Andante with Variations and Scherzo op.18a (K.184)

C

• Boris Aleksandrovic Cajkovskij
  • Trio D Major (1953)

• Charles Camilleri
  • Piano Trio (2005)

• Alfredo Casella
  • Siciliana e Burlesca op.23-bis

• Alexis de Castillon
  • Trio No.1, B flat Major, op.4

• Gaspar Cassadó
  • Piano Trio in C Major (1925)

• Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
  • Piano Trio in g minor, op. 3

• Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
  • Piano Trio in g minor, op. 8

• Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
  • Piano Trio (1921)

• Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
  • Vitebsk: Study on a Jewish Theme for Piano Trio (1928)
  • Prelude for piano trio

• Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
  • Piano Trio #1 in E-flat, Op. 105 (alternative version of a violin, horn and piano trio)
  • Piano Trio #2 in A, Op. 166
  • Piano Trio #3 in E, Op. 173
  • Piano Trio #4 in A minor, Op. 289
  • Trois Sonatines faciles et brillantes pour le pianoforte seul ou avec accomp. d'un violon et violoncelle ad libitum, Op. 104
  • Deux Trios brillans pour pianoforte, violon et violoncelle, Op. 211
  • Six Grand Potpourris for piano trio, Op. 212

D

• Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
  • Piano Trio in g minor, L. 3 (1880)

• Albert Hermann Dietrich
  • Second Trio, A Major, op. 14

• Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski
  • Grand Trio, a minor, op. 17

• Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
  • Piano Trio #1 in B flat major, B. 51
  • Piano Trio #2 in g minor, Op.26/B.56
  • Piano Trio #3 in f minor (once listed as Op. 64), Op.65/B.130
  • Piano Trio #4 in e minor ("Dumky"), Op.90/B.166

F

• Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
  • Piano Trio in d minor, op. 120

• Zdenko Fibich
  • Trio f minor (1872)

• Arthur Foote (1853–1937)
  • Piano Trio #1 in c minor, Op. 5
  • Piano Trio #2 in B flat major, Op. 65

• Josef Bohuslav Foerster
  • Trio No. 1, f minor, op. 8
  • Trio No. 2, B flat Major, op. 38

• Robert Fuchs (1847-1927)
  • Piano Trio in C major, Op. 22
  • Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 72

• Gunnar de Frumerie
  • Trio No. 2 op. 45 (1952)

G

• Hans Gál
  • Variatios on an Old Viennese Heurigen Melody op.9

• German Germanovic Galynin
  • Trio (1947)

• Lucija Garuta
  • Trio in B flat Major (1948)

• Friedrich Gernsheim
  • Trio No.2 [No.4], B Major, op.37

• Giorgio Federico Ghedini
  • Due Intermezzi (1915)

• Hermann Goetz (1840-1876)
  • Piano Trio in g minor, Op. 1

• Carl Goldmark
  • Trio No.2, e minor, op.33

• Rubin Goldmark
  • Trio d minor op. 1

• Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
  • Piano Trio, H. 140

• Edvard Grieg
  • Andante con moto, c minor, BoSE 137 (1878)

H

• Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
  • Piano Trios, H XV 1-40

• Stephen Heller
  • Intermezzo E Major (1842)

• Hans Werner Henze
  • Adagio adagio (1993)

• Louis Ferdinand von Hohenzollern (Prince of Prussia)
  • Trio No. 3, E flat Major, op. 10

• Hans Huber
  • Eine Bergnovelle (after E. Zahn´s "Bergvolk", Trio No. 4, op. 120)

• Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
  • Piano Trio #1 in E-flat major, op. 12
  • Piano Trio #2 in F major, op. 22
  • Piano Trio #3 in G major, op. 35
  • Piano Trio #4 in G major, op. 65
  • Piano Trio #5 in E major, op. 83
  • Piano Trio #6 in E flat major, op. 93
  • Piano Trio #7 in E flat major, op. 96

• Miriam Hyde (1913-2005)
  • Fantasy Trio in B minor, Op. 26 (1932-3)

I

• Charles Ives (1874-1954)
  • Piano Trio, S. 86 (1904-11)

J

• John Joubert
  • Landscapes for soprano and piano trio, op. 129

• Paul Juon
  • Trio [No.1] a minor op.17
  • Trio-Caprice on Selma Lagerlof´s "Gosta Berling", b minor, op.39 [Trio No.2]
  • Trio [No.3] G Major op.60
  • Litaniae. Tone Poem [Trio No.4], c sharp minor, op.70
  • Legend [Trio No.5], d minor, op.83
  • Suite C Major op.89

K

• Jindrich Kaan z Albestu
  • Trio No. 2, g minor, op. 29

• Mauricio Kagel
  • Trio [No.1] in three movements (1984/85)
  • Trio No. 2 in one movement (2001)

• Theodor Kirchner
  • Novelletten op. 59

• Rafael Kubelik
  • Trio concertante (1988)

L

• Laszlo Lajtha
  • Trio concertante op. 10 (1928)

• Édouard Lalo (1823-1892)
  • Piano Trio #1 in c minor, Op. 7
  • Piano Trio #2 in b minor (Ode on Music “Descend, ye Nine?”)
  • Piano Trio #3 in a minor, Op. 26

• Ernst Ludwig Leitner
  • Tempus edax rerum (1994)

• Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
  • Rhapsodie Hongroise No.9 - Le Carnaval de Pesth [S.379]
  • Orpheus. Symphonic Poem (transcribed by Camille Saint-Saens)
  • Piano Trio La Lugubre Gondola (1882), also arranged for piano solo

• Heinz Martin Lonquich
  • Piano Trio II (2005)

• Lowell Liebermann
  • Piano Trio No. 1 Op.32 (1990)
  • Piano Trio No. 2 op.77 (2001)

M

• Artur Malawski
  • Trio in C# (1953)

• Gian Francesco Malipiero
  • Sonata a tre (1927)

• Frank Martin (1890-1974)
  • Trio sur des mélodies polulaires irlandaises (1925)

• Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)
  • Piano Trio #1 ("Cinq pièces brèves"), H. 193
  • Piano Trio #2 in d minor, H. 327
  • Piano Trio #3 in C major, H. 332
  • Bergerettes (5) for piano trio, H. 275

• Giuseppe Martucci
  • Trio No.1, C Major, op.59

• Joseph Mayseder
  • Trio No.4, G Major, op.59

• Ludwig Meinardus
  • Trio a minor op. 40

• Fanny Mendelssohn
  • Trio d minor op.11

• Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (1839)
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 (1845)

• Krzysztof Meyer
  • Trio op. 50 (1980)

• Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
  • Piano Trio, op.428 (1969)

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
  • Piano Trio #1 in B-flat major, K. 254
  • Piano Trio #2 in G major, K. 496
  • Piano Trio #3 in B-flat major, K. 502
  • Piano Trio #4 in E major, K. 542
  • Piano Trio #5 in C major, K. 548
  • Piano Trio #6 in G major, K. 564
  • Divertimento B flat Major K. 254
  • Allegro d minor K 442/1 (1783?)
  • Andantino G Major K 442/2 (1783?)
  • Allegro D Major K 442/3 (1783?)
  • Fragment B flat Major K 501a (1786)

N

• Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)
  • Piano trio in g minor, Op 1
  • Piano trio in d minor "Quasi una ballata", Op 27

O

• Andrej Ocenas
  • Trio op. 36 (1967)

P

• Arvo Pärt (1935-)
  • Mozart - Adagio for piano trio

• Hans Pfitzner
  • Trio F Major op.8

• Werner Pirchner
  • Wem gehört der Mensch...? PWV 31 (1988)
  • Heimat? PWV 29a (1992)

R

• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
  • Trio Elégiaque No.1 in G minor, Op. posth. (1892)
  • Trio Elégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op.9 (1893)

• Joachim Raff
  • Trio No. 1, c minor, op. 102

• Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
  • Piano Trio in A minor (1914)

• Max Reger (1873-1916)
  • Piano Trio in E minor, op. 102 (written 1907.
  • Another, opus 2 in B minor, written for the non-standard combination of violin/viola/piano.)

• Konrad Rennert
  • Crossing the bar - Fraktur XIII (1997)

• Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
  • 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) ([1]) also arranged as a piano, strings and winds sextet

• Kurt Roger
  • Trio E flat Major op.77 (1953)

• Julius Röntgen (1855-1932)
  • Piano Trio No.1 B flat 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)

(he wrote 14 piano trios between the years 1883-1932)

• Nikolai Roslavets (1881-1944)
  • Piano Trio No. 1 (?)
  • Piano Trio No. 2 (1920)
  • Piano Trio No. 3 (1921)
  • Piano Trio No. 4 (1927)

• Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
  • Piano Trio in E flat major, op. 2

• Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)
  • Piano Trio in One Movement op. 68 (1950)
  • Piano Trio no. 2 op. 138 (1970) ([2])

• Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
  • Piano Trio no. 1 in F major op. 15 no. 1
  • Piano Trio no. 2 in G minor op. 15 no. 2
  • Piano Trio no. 3 in B-flat op. 52
  • Piano Trio no. 4 in A op. 85
  • Piano Trio no. 5 in C minor op. 108

S

• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 (1863)
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 92 (1892)
  • Le Carnaval des Animaux (1886)

• Alfredo Sangiorgi
  • Tre invenzioni (1947)

• Philipp Scharwenka
  • Trio Nr.1, cis-moll, op.100

• 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 of string trio)
  • Trio (1985/92)

• Robert Schollum
  • Halbturn Evening Music for violin, cello, and piano, op.95 (1975)

• Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
  • Piano Trio #1 in B flat major, D. 898
  • Piano Trio #2 in E flat major, D. 929
  • Piano Trio in B flat major "Sonatensatz", D. 28
  • Piano Trio in E flat major "Nocturne" (Adagio only), D. 897
  • 16 German Dances and 2 Ecossaises op.33/D 783 (arr. M. Hornstein)

• Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
  • Trio for piano, violin & cello in G Minor, Op. 17

• Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
  • Piano Trio # 1 in d minor, Op. 63
  • Piano Trio # 2 in F major, Op. 80
  • Piano Trio # 3 in g minor, Op. 110
  • Phantasy Pieces op.88
  • Studien. 6 Stücke in canonischer Form op.56 (arr. Th. Kirchner)

• Friedrich Schwarzacher
  • Trio 47/99

• Kurt Schwertsik
  • Bagatellen in stark wechselnder Laune op.36 (1979)

• Arnold Schönberg
  • Transfigured Night op.4 (arr. Eduard Steuermann)
  • Sonnet CCXVII by Petrarch (op.24/IV, arr. by Felix Greissle)

• Vissarion Yakovlevic Shebalin
  • Trio a minor op. 39 (1946/47)

• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
  • Piano Trio #1 in c minor, Op. 8 (1923)
  • Piano Trio #2 in e minor, Op. 67 (1944)

• Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
  • Piano Trio in g minor, JB 1:64 (Op. 15)

• Josef Suk (1874-1935)
  • Piano Trio in c minor, Op. 2
  • Elegie for Piano Trio, Op. 23

• Georgij Vasil´evic Sviridov
  • Trio a minor op. 61

T

• Jenö Takács
  • Trio-Rhapsodie op.11

• Toru Takemitsu
  • Between tides (1993)

• Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)
  • Piano Trio in D major, Op. 22

• Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986)
  • Trio No. 2 (1939)

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
  • Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50

• Aleksandr Georgievitch Tchugaev
  • Trio (1975/79)

• Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)
  • Piano Trio #1, Op. 35
  • Piano Trio #2 in B minor, Op. 76
  • Circulo, for piano trio, Op. 91

• Mark-Anthony Turnage (1960-)
  • A short procession, for piano trio (2003)

U

• Erich Urbanner
  • "...in Bewegung..." Trio for violin, cello, and piano (1990)

V

• Moisej Samuilovic Vajnberg
  • Trio A Major op. 24 (1945)

• Peteris Vasks
  • Episodi e Canto Perpetuo (1985)

• Sandor Veress
  • Tre quadri (1963)

• Panco Vladigerov
  • Trio b flat minor op.4 (1916)

W

• Karl Weigl
  • Trio (1938/39)

• Douglas Weiland
  • Trio in one movement for piano, violin, and violoncello. Opus 22.
  • Pavey Ark (Second Trio) op. 32

• Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996)
  • Piano Trio, Op. 24

• Kenny Wheeler
  • A little peace for piano trio (2002)

• Hermann Wichmann
  • Trio E flat Major op.10

• Ernst Widmer
  • A ultima flor op.60 (1968)

Y

• Isang Yun
  • Trio (1972/75)

Z

• Alexander Zemlinsky
  • Trio d minor op.3

• Ellen Zwilich (1939- )
  • Piano Trio

• Djuro Zivkovic (1975-)
  • Piano Trio (2001)

• Otto M. Zykan
  • g-kettet (1996)
  • Drei Bagatellen (1998)

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:

• Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
  • Contrasts (1938) for violin, clarinet, and piano

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
  • Trio for clarinet, cello, piano in B-flat, op. 11

• Alban Berg (1885-1935)
  • Adagio (arrangement of Chamber Concerto 2nd Mov’t) for violin, clarinet, piano, op. 7

• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
  • Trio for violin, horn (or viola), piano in E-flat major, Op. 40
  • Trio for clarinet (or viola), cello, piano in a minor, Op. 114

• Max Bruch (1838-1920)
  • Trio for clarinet (or violin), cello, and piano in c minor, Op. 5
  • Eight Pieces for clarinet (or violin), cello, and piano, Op. 83

• Carl Frühling (1868-1937)
  • Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano in a minor, Op. 40

• Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
  • Trio pathétique, for clarinet (or violin), bassoon (or cello), piano in d minor, G. iv173

• Paul Hindemith
  • Trio for heckelphone (or tenor saxophone), viola & piano, Op.47

• Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
  • Trio for B-flat clarinet, violin, and piano in G minor, Op. 30 (1932)

• Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
  • Suite for piano, violin and clarinet

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
  • Trio for clarinet (or violin), viola (or cello), and piano in E flat major "Kegelstatt", K. 498

• Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
  • Trio for oboe, bassoon, piano, FP 43

• Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
  • Trio for flute, viola, piano, Op. 40

• Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
  • Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales) for clarinet, viola, and piano, Op. 132

See also

• List of Triple Concertos for Violin, Cello, Piano and Orchestra
• String Instrument Repertoire
• List of solo cello pieces
• List of compositions for cello and piano
• List of compositions for cello and orchestra
• Double Concerto for Violin and Cello