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Piano Trio Repertoire Discography & Review Index: Maurice Ravel Compiled by David Barker An A to Z of the Piano Trio Repertoire Discography & Review Index: Maurice Ravel Compiled by David Barker Project Index Abbot Trio (+ Haydn 43, Mendelssohn 1) Artenius Trio Afka 544 (+ Debussy, Tchemberdji: Bow dances, Andante) Abegg Trio Charade CHA3038 (+ Debussy) Intercord 860866 Beaux Arts Trio Tacet 075 (+ Violin sonata; Debussy: Sonatas) Eloquence 4683062 Ahn Trio (+ Introduction & Allegro, Quartet) (+ Villa-Lobos 1) Eloquence 4768458 Chesky 124 (in “Ravel: Complete Edition”) Decca 4783725 Trio Albeneri (+ Chausson) (+ Faure) Philips 4111412 Forgotten Records FR991 (+ Violin sonata, String quartet) Philips 4541342 Alma Trio (+ Brahms 1) Naxos 9.80667 Hanssler Classics HC93715 [review] Altenberg Trio Wien Bekova Sisters (+ Martin, Faure) (+ Martinu 1) Challenge Classics CC72022 Chandos CHAN9452 Amatis Trio Blakemore Trio (+ Britten: Intro & Allegro, Enescu 1) (+ Beethoven 5) CAvi Music 8553477 [review] Blue Griffin BGR275 Angelus Trio Borodin Trio (+ Cortes, Grieg: Violin sonata 2) (+ Debussy: Violin & cello sonatas) Orion LAN0401 Chandos CHAN8458 Trio Arché Caecilian Trio (+ Tchaikovsky) (+ String quartet, Violin sonata; Saint-Saens 1, Real Sound 112 Lalo, Faure: Trios; Debussy, Roussel & Faure: String quartets) Trio Archipel VoxBox CD3X3031 (+ Chausson) (in “1914: The Year in Music”) Cypres CYP1612 Menuetto Classics 4803308079 Arden Trio Trio Carracilly (+ Saint-Saens 2) (in Ravel: Complete chamber works) Delos DE3055 Calliope CAL3822/3 Trio Arpeggio Trio Cérès (+ Bloch: Nocturnes, Haydn 44) (+ Faure, Hersant) Gallo VDECD1119 Oehms OC730 MusicWeb International Updated: September 2020 Piano Trio Discography: Ravel Trio Chausson Trio Fontenay (+ Chausson) (+ Debussy, Faure) Mirare MIR049 Teldec 2292449372 Claremont Trio Fournier Trio (+ Beethoven 3) (+ Ravel, Salter) Tria Records TR3862 Usk Recordings 1231CD [review] Copenhagen Trio Fujita Piano Trio (+ Berceuse, Faure: Trio, Sicilienne) (+ Shostakovich 1 & 2) Kontrapunkt 32158 Intim Musik IMCD104 Copenhagen Trio Con Brio Trio George Sand (+ Bloch: Nocturnes, Dvorak 4) (+ Bonis: Soir, Matin; Faure) Azica Records 71240 Zig Zag Territoires ZZT120101 Trio Dali Gryphon Trio (+ Violin & cello sonata) (+ Clarke) Fuga Libera FUG547 Analekta AN29520 [review] Daroch Trio Guarneri Trio (+ Debussy, Dvorak 4) (+ Martin, Saint-Saëns 1) Dux 0758 [review] Ottavo 28922 Dresden Klaviertrio Duo Hayashi, Marco Fornaciari (+ Martinu 1, Faure) (+ Faure) Berlin Classics BC11012 Fone 86F05 Eaken Piano trio Hoboken Trio (+ Turina 2) (+ Ravel arrangements; Turina: Circulo) Excelsius Anima Records 121000001 Eroica Trio Ibuki Trio (+ Schoenfield: Café music; arrangements) (+ Shostakovich 2) EMI 0944272 Claudio CR58902 Claudio CR58906 Eskar Trio (+ Chausson) Icicle Creek Piano Trio Classico CLASSCD418 (+ Schubert 2) Con Brio CBR28405 Feininger Trio (+ Debussy) Trio Italiano CAvi Music 8553317 (+ Debussy) Arts Music 472382 Fidelio Trio (+ Saint-Saens 2) Joachim Trio Resonus RES10173 [review] (+ Debussy, Schmitt: Tres lents) Naxos 8550934 Florestan Trio (+ Debussy, Faure) Juno’s Band Hyperion CDA30029 (in “Paris 1900-1968”) Hyperion CDA67114 Metronome METCD1047 MusicWeb International p2 Piano Trio Discography: Ravel (in “Impression”) NZTrio Metronome METCD1048 (+ Mozart 3; Castro-Robinson: At water’s birth, Pärt: Adagio, Yudane: Entering the stream) Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson trio Rattle RATD019 (in “Ravel: Works for piano, violin and cello”) Koch 7726 Oberlin Trio Arabesque Z6736 (+ Debussy, Loeillet: Trio sonata) SNE 2032 Trio Karénine (+ Fauré, Tailleferre) Trio Parnassus Mirare MIR376 (+ Debussy) MDG 3030272 Lions Gate Trio (+ Chausson, Debussy) (+ Clarke, Ives) MDG 3031711 Centaur CRC3383 Trio Ravel Lysander Piano Trio (+ Debussy, Faure) (+ Haydn 41, Schubert: Notturno, Turina: Arion 68018 Circulo) Victor Elmaleh Collection CAG113 Rembrandt Trio (+ Chaminade 1, Saint-Saens 1) Trio Machiavelli Sono Luminus DOR90187 (+ Chausson: Quartet) Berlin Classics 0301417BC [review] Trio Rouvier-Kantorow-Muller (+ Faure, Debussy) TrioMats Denon CO72508 (+ Beethoven 5, Shostakovich 2) (+ Sonatas) Daphne 1016 Erato 45920 (+ String quartet; Debussy: Trio & quartet) Trio di Milano Brilliant 8200 (+ Debussy, Faure) Dynamic CDS049 Saguaro Trio (+ Babajanian, Haydn 42) Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble Fontenay Classics FCI002 (+ Sonatine; Debussy: Cello sonata) Exton 4538182774106 (?) Trio Seraphim (in “Trio Through Time”) Trio Mondrian ABC Classics 4818803 (+ Shostakovich 2) Challenge Classics CC72535 [review] Trio Shaham Erez Wallfisch (+ Debussy, Faure) Morgenstern Trio Nimbus NI5905 [review][review] (+ Fontyn, Talleferre) CAvi Music 8553315 Smetana Trio (+ Shostakovich 1 & 2) Nash Ensemble Supraphon SU41452 [review] (+ Sonata & songs; Debussy: Songs & chamber works) Trio Solisti Erato 5614272 (+ Mussorgysky: Pictures) (+ Intro & Allegro, Sonata) Endeavour Classics END1022 CRD 3446 (+ Chausson) Bridge 9440 [review][review] MusicWeb International p3 Piano Trio Discography: Ravel Solomon Trio Collins Classics CC1040 (+ Debussy, Fauré) IMP Masters 41 Vladimir Ashkenazy, Itzhak Perlman, Lynn (+ Debussy, Fauré, Beethoven 5 & 6, Harrell Mendelssohn 1 & 2, Tchaikovsky, Arensky 1) (+ Debussy: Sonatas) IMP Masters 36 Decca 4443182 (in “Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca”) Trio Suleika Decca 4785093 (+ Alborado; Olthuis: Voyage) (in “Ashkenazy: A Personal Selection”) Cobra 0034 Decca 4832182 (in “Perlman: Complete DG Recordings”) Trio Talweg DG 4794708 (+ Gubitsch: Trois moments, Turina: Circulo) NoMadMusic NMM054 Arno Babajanian, David Oistrakh, Svyatoslav Knushevitsky Trio di Trieste (+ Babajanian, Smetana) (in “The complete recordings”) Doremi DHR7820 DG 4770302 Joseph Benvenuti, René Benedetti, André Triple Forte Navarra (+ Ives, Shostakovich 1) (in Navarra collection v2) Atma Classique ACD22633 Lys 380/1 Triple Helix Piano Trio Angela-Charlott Bieber, Michael Dinnebier, (+ Sheng: 4 Movements, Shostakovich 2) Arvo Lang MSR Classics MS1103 (+ Franck: Violin sonata) Genuin GEN85512 Tryptych Trio (+Beethoven: Serenade; Mathias: Harp trio) Frank Braley, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Klavier 11055 Capuçon (+ Sonatas) Van Baerle Trio Erato 5454922 (+ Loevendie: Ackermusik, Saint-Saens 1) Etcetera KTC1438 Maria de la Pau, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Paul Tortelier Vienna Piano Trio (in “Tortelier: The Great EMI Recordings”) (+ Chausson) EMI 6886272 [review] MDG 94221306 [review][review] (+ Beethoven 4, Schumann 1) Frédérique Fontanarosa, Patrice Fontanarosa MDG 34216852 Renaud Fontanarosa (in “Patrice Fontanarosa: Portrait”) Trio Wanderer Decca 4811196 (+ Chausson) Harmonia Mundi HMA1951967 Lukas Geniušas, Aylen Prichin, Alexander Le Chant Du Monde LDC2781114 Buzlov (+ Shostakovich 1, Weinberg) Trio Zadig Melodiya MELCD1002491 [review] (+ Attahir: Asfar, Bernstein: West Side Story Fantasy) Walter Gieseking, Gerhard Taschner, Ludwig Fuga Libera FUG748 Hoelscher (+ Beethoven: Judas Maccabeus variations; Trio Zingara Fortner & Gieseking: Cello sonatas) (+ Shostakovich 2) Bayer Records 200032 MusicWeb International p4 Piano Trio Discography: Ravel RCA 19075831672 Louis Kentner, Yehudi Menuhin, Gaspar Cassadó Sviatoslav Richter, Oleg Kagan, Natalie (+ Mozart 4 & Violin concertos) Gutman Minuet 428409 [review] Melodiya LP MELLP0035 (+ Mozart 4) (+ Franck 1) Documents 285998 Live Classics 174 (in “Miles of a cello legend”) Melodiya MELCD100227019 Documents 600499 (+ Franck 1; Debussy: Images) Melodiya GST24171 Tatiana Kolesova, Helen Ayres, Timothy (in “Richter Live: The Essentials”) Nankervis Melodiya MECO0229 (in “2008 SIPCA Vol. 2”) ABC Classics 4766960 Pascal Rogé, Mie Kobayashi, Yoko Hasegawa (+ Chausson) Ruth Laredo, Jaime Laredo, Jeffrey Solow Onyx 4008 [review] (+ Violin sonata) Sony SK92169 Arthur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky Noël Lee, Clara Bonaldi, Yvan Chiffoleau (+ Mendelssohn 1) (+ Sonatas, Tzigane) RCA G010002062281L Decca 4767436 (+ Korngold, Rozsa: Concertos) Documents 285260 Ursula von Lerber, Jane Peters, Florent (in “Milestones of a legend”) Audibert Documents 600420 ( in “Normandie et Impressionnisme”) (in “Piatigorsky: Art of the cello”) Skarbo DSK4156 RCA 19075832132 (+ Debussy, Respighi: Violin sonatas) Lev Oborin, David Oistrakh, Svyatoslav RCA 7871 Knushevitsky (in Ravel collection) (+ Dvorak 4, Chopin, Smetana) Cascavelle VEL3048 Urania URN22354 DG 4778537 [review] Brooks Smith, Arnold Eidus, George Ricci (+ Rachmaninov 2) (+ Violin sonata) Preiser 90596 EMG Classical 894232622129 (+ Chopin) Monitor 72069 Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Joshua Bell, Steven Isserlis Denis Pascal, Svetlin Roussev, Aurélien Pascal (+ Chausson: Concert) (+ Tzigane, Tombeau, Valses) Decca 4258602 La Musica LMU016D (+ Chausson: Concert; Debussy, Faure & Franck: Violin sonatas) Jean-Claude Pennetier, Regis Pasquier, Roland Decca 4756709 Pidoux (in “Chamber Music”) Lars Vogt, Florian Donderer, Tanja Tezlaff Blue Saphir 1044 (+ Smetana; Watkins: Clarinet trio) (+ Sonatas, Tzigane) CAvi Music 8553260 Blue Saphir 1065 Lubov Yedlina, Borodin Quartet members André Previn, Julie Rosenfeld, Gary Hoffman (+ Brahms: Clarinet quintet) (+ Debussy) Melodiya MELCD1001040 RCA 68062 (in “The Classic André Previn) MusicWeb International p5.
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