piano trio
Britishnoun
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an instrumental ensemble consisting of a piano, a violin, and a cello
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a piece of music written for such an ensemble, usually having the form and commonest features of a sonata
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It recorded nearly all the piano trio repertory — Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert, Brahms, Dvorak, Saint-Saëns and others — mostly on the Philips label, through the boom years of LPs and into the digital age.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2023
Pianists as diverse as McCoy Tyner, Cedar Walton and Bill Charlap also claimed Mr. Jamal as an influence on their approaches to the jazz piano trio.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2023
“Moon Song” has the aesthetic of classic jazz, with Diehl leading a piano trio behind her, but its words meditate on the dangers and discomforts of love, in a way that few old standards do.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Callisto Trio The piano trio plays works by Haydn, Dvorak and Schoenfeld in this Da Camera Society presentation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2019
She has also written a grand overture, "Esquisses Symphoniques," a piano trio, a violin sonata, a suite for flute and piano, and many other violin and piano pieces.
From Woman's Work in Music by Arthur Elson
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