Abegg Trio

Chopin & Gade: Piano Trios/Abegg

ClassicsToday

This CD is recommendable for the two works by Gade, rather than the piano trio by Chopin. While the Chopin Trio (the Polish composer’s only

Mozart Trios Abegg Tacet C

David Vernier

Mozart’s Piano Trios require a lot more depth of interpretation than they often get. It’s easy to play a nice, light Mozart line, but not

Janacek Smetana Trios/Tacet

David Hurwitz

It’s common knowledge among Janácekians (Janácekers?) that the First String Quartet began life as a piano trio, most of which was either lost or destroyed.

Dvorak Trios 2 Tacet 10 C

David Hurwitz

It seems that Dvorák’s four piano trios are finally coming into their own on disc, and it’s about time. The F minor Trio Op. 65

Dvorak Trios 1 Tacet 10 C

David Hurwitz

The ABEGG Trio is a terrific group, and its recordings for Tacet have been almost uniformly outstanding. This Dvorák CD is no exception. They play

PIANO TRIOS VOLUME 1

Jed Distler

Beethoven composed his Op. 1 piano trios under the shadow of Haydn. The younger composer’s personality, though, was squarely intact. You already get those sudden

Debussy and Ravel Trios/Tacet

Jed Distler

It makes stylistic, chronological, and musical sense to pair Debussy and Ravel’s sole string quartets on disc. Both works represent early, fully-formed manifestations of each