Piano trio

A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, almost always a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music.

Piano trio repertoire

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

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• Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
• Piano Trio #1 in d minor, op. 32
• Piano Trio #2 in f minor, op.73
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
• 3 Piano Trios (E-flat major, G major, c minor), op. 1
• Piano Trio #4 (arrangement of Septet in E-flat major, op. 20), op. 38
• Variations for Piano Trio in E-flat major, op. 44
• Piano Trio (arrangement of string quartet 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
• Variations for Piano Trio in G major, op. 121a
• Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
• Piano Trio (1937)
• Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
• Piano Trio (1925)
• Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
• Piano Trio #1 in B major, op. 8
• Piano Trio #2 in C major, op. 87
• Piano Trio #3 in c minor, op. 101
• Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
• Piano Trio in g minor, op. 3
• Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
• Piano Trio in g minor, op. 8
• Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
• Vitebsk: Study on a Jewish Theme for Piano Trio (1928)
• Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
• Piano Trio in g minor, L. 3 (1880)
• Antonín Dvo?ák (1841-1904)
• Piano Trio #1 in B flat major, B. 51
• Piano Trio #2 in g minor, B. 56
• Piano Trio #3 in f minor (once listed as Op. 64), B. 130
• Piano Trio #4 in e minor ("Dumky"), B. 166
• Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
• Piano Trio in d minor, op. 120
• Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
• Piano Trio, H. 140
• Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
• Piano Trios, H XV 1-40
• 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
• Charles Ives (1874-1954)
• Piano Trio, S. 86 (1904-11)
• 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
• Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
• Piano Trio La Lugubre Gondola (1882), also arranged for piano solo
• Bohuslav Martin? (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
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
• Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 (1839)
• Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 (1845)
• 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
• Vít?zslav Novák (1870-1949)
• Piano trio in g minor, Op 1
• Piano trio in d minor "Quasi una ballata", Op 27
• Arvo Pärt (1935-)
• Mozart - Adagio for piano trio
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
• Trio élégiaque No.1 in G minor, Op. posth. (1892)
• Trio élégiaque No.2 in D minor, Op.9 (1893)
• Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
• Piano Trio in a minor (1914)
• Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
• Piano Trio in E flat major, op. 2
• 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)
• Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
• Piano Trio (arrangement of string trio)
• 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
• 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
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
• Piano Trio #1 in c minor, Op. 8
• Piano Trio #2 in e minor, Op. 67
• 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
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
• Piano Trio in a minor, op. 50
• Joaquín Turina (1882-1949)
• Piano Trio #1, op. 35
• Piano Trio #2 in B minor, op. 76
• Circulo, for piano trio, op. 91
• Ellen Zwilich (1939- )
• Piano Trio

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

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• 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
• Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)
• Trio pathétique, for clarinet (or violin), bassoon (or cello), piano in d minor, G. iv173
• Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
• Trio for B-flat clarinet, violin, and piano in C minor, Op. 30 (1932)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
• Trio for clarinet (or violin), viola, 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