The Sima Trio Plays the Babajanian Piano Trio

The Sima Trio are violinist Sami Merdinian, cellist Ani Kalayjian, and pianist Sofya Melikyan. Here they are in a brilliant performance of the Arno Babajanian Piano Trio's third movement:

(Via Sounds and Fury)

Trio Micheletti Plays Primavera Porteña

One of my Oakville students heard Trio Micheletti at his school a few days ago and absolutely insisted that I check out their playing on YouTube. Trio Micheletti are violinist Véronique Mathieu, cellist André Micheletti, and pianist Jasmin Arakawa. Here they are playing Astor Piazzolla's Primavera Porteña:

The William Bastard Piano Trio

This is not a joke: an English composer by the name of William Bastard (no relation to William the Conqueror) published a piano trio in 1908. The score can be found below for free viewing and download:


W. Bastard - Piano Score - Trio (sol mineur) pour piano, violon et violoncelle. Op. 3. -

The Bastard Trio might pair well in recital with some piano works of Ludwig Schytte, who lived around the same time.

(Via Bob Silverman)

Update: there was a comment on Facebook as to a possible Norwegian birth under the name Ole Bastard, but I somehow doubt this.

Heifetz-Rubinstein-Patigorsky Trio Play Mendelssohn on YouTube

Someone's living room must have been graced by the chamber music featured in this film, circa 1953--Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, and Artur Rubinstein playing the first movement of Mendelssohn's D Minor Trio.