Piano Trio (Chopin)

Piano Trio
by Frédéric Chopin
The composer in 1835
Key	G minor
Catalogue	Op. 8
Dedication	Antoni Radziwiłł
Published	1829 (1829)
Movements	four

The Piano Trio, Op. 8, is a composition in G minor for piano, violin and cello, by Frédéric Chopin, written in 1828 or 1829, and published in 1829, dedicated to Antoni Radziwiłł.

Structure

It has four movements:

1. Allegro con fuoco
2. Scherzo
3. Adagio sostenuto
4. Finale: Allegretto

A typical performance lasts approximately 25-27 minutes.

The piece has established itself as a core member of the piano trio repertoire. It is also the only work by Chopin that features the violin (excluding orchestral parts). In a letter to his friend Tytus Woyciechowski dated 31 August 1830, Chopin speculates whether he should have written the violin line for viola, believing that the viola's timbre would "accord better with the cello". Emanuel Ax is of the opinion that it is perhaps fortunate that Chopin scored the work for a standard piano trio, since so few trios with viola exist.

References

Notes

Sources

• Johnson, G. C. Ashton (1908). A Handbook to Chopin's Works. London: William Reeves.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
• Nicholas, Jeremy (2010). Chopin: Chamber Music (PDF) (CD). Hyperion Records. CDH55384.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)
• Rezaei, Ramin (2010). Frederic Chopin's Chamber Music and Polish Songs (PDF) (B.Mus). Lahti University of Applied Sciences. Retrieved 2016-07-11.{{cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)

External links

• Piano Trio: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
• "Chopin: Piano Trio in G-minor, Op. 8 (Live performance)". Quarto Quartet (YouTube). 2013-07-04.