Piano trio

Piano Trio is called a ( chamber music ) ensemble consisting of piano, violin and cello.

Occupation

In addition to this common occupation are still quite often those with clarinet, cello and piano ( ex: Gassenhauer Trio Op 11 by Beethoven ) or clarinet, viola and piano ( ex: Kegelstatt trio of Mozart) to be found, then clarinet Trio are called. The Flute Trio (flute, cello and piano ) is another variant ( ex: Flute Trio, Op 63 by Carl Maria von Weber). In addition, there are many other formations of the trio with piano, but for which little literature was written.

In jazz, there are the Klavier Trio, in which case usually the piano, bass and drums, the trio form ( rarely, piano, guitar, double bass).

Piano Trio as a piece of music

At the same time piano trio is a musical work for the stated occupation. Well-known works are the piano trios of Beethoven, for example, Op 70/1 ( Ghost Trio), the three piano trios, Opus 1, the Piano Trio No.. 7, or the Piano Trio Op 11 in B flat major ), the D minor Piano Trio and the second piano trio by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and piano trios by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert ( Piano Trio No.. 2), Schumann, Brahms, Bruch, Dvořák (Piano Trio No.. 4), Ravel, Shostakovich, Ives, Tchaikovsky, and Smetana.

Known trio

• Famous piano trios of classical music are the Abegg Trio, the Beaux Arts Trio and the Trio Fontenay.
• Significant representatives in jazz are the Bill Evans Trio, the Keith Jarrett Trio and more recently, the Brad Mehldau Trio -. Since the 1960s, Jacques Loussier Trio combines Baroque music with jazz.