Thursday, December 08, 2005

Piano Trio-rama

From the Archive section of the Altenberg trio site, they have a huge list of repertoire for piano trio. Also on the Archive section is a list of worldwide performing piano trios. For example, here is their entry on the many incarnations of the Beaux Arts Trio:

BEAUX ARTS TRIO (I) [ New York, NY (US) ] (1955 - 1968)piano: Menahem PRESSLER * 16.12.1923 Magdeburg (DE)violin: Daniel GUILET cello: Bernard GREENHOUSE * 03.01.1916 Newark, NJ (US)


BEAUX ARTS TRIO (II) [ New York, NY (US) ] (1968 - 1987)piano: Menahem PRESSLER * 16.12.1923 Magdeburg (DE)violin: Isidore COHEN * 16.12.1922 New York, NY (US)cello: Bernard GREENHOUSE * 03.01.1916 Newark, NJ (US)


BEAUX ARTS TRIO (III) [ New York, NY (US) ] (1987 - 1992)piano: Menahem PRESSLER * 16.12.1923 Magdeburg (DE)violin: Isidore COHEN * 16.12.1922 New York, NY (US)cello: Peter WILEY


BEAUX ARTS TRIO (IV) [ New York, NY (US) ] (1992 - 1998)piano: Menahem PRESSLER * 16.12.1923 Magdeburg (DE)violin: Ida KAVAFIAN cello: Peter WILEY


BEAUX ARTS TRIO (V) [ New York, NY (US) ] (1998 - 2002)piano: Menahem PRESSLER * 16.12.1923 Magdeburg (DE)violin: Young Uck KIM cello: Antonio MENESES * 23.08.1957 (BR)


BEAUX ARTS TRIO (VI) [ New York, NY (US) ] (2002 - )piano: Menahem PRESSLER * 16.12.1923 Magdeburg (DE)violin: Daniel HOPE * 1974 (GB)cello: Antonio MENESES * 23.08.1957 (BR)



N.B. One group not mentioned on the Altenberg site is Vancouver's eclectic Joe Trio.

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