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Piano Trio after 1945

Repertoire: I would like to ask if anyone know any good piano Trio which composed after 1945?

From Sylvia Wang
Posted October 19, 2005 at 05:07 AM

I would like to ask if anyone know any good piano Trio which composed after 1945?
Thanks!

From Kelsey Z.
Posted on October 19, 2005 at 04:24 PM

Kelly-Marie Murphy wrote a wonderful trio called "Give Me Pheonix Wings to Fly."

You can try getting it through her http://www.kellymariemurphy.com/
Or the Canadian Music Center
www.musiccentre.ca

Gary Kulesha has also written a couple of piano trios that I'm aware of that should also be available through the CMC.

From Sander Marcus
Posted on October 20, 2005 at 01:32 AM

When I was in college (a long time ago, Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio), there was a composer in residence named Donald Keats. He was a wonderful musician (not a violinist, though) and an equally wonderful composer. I don't know what has happened to him since the mid-1960's, and I don't know if he ever wrote a piano trio, but he wrote a string quartet (#1) that is absolutely georgeous. I know it was published, but I forget who published it. Anyway, check it out. If he ever did write a piano trio, and if it was anything like that string quartet, you'd love it.

From Christian Vachon
Posted on October 20, 2005 at 02:42 AM

Hi,

Kelsey is right - the Kulesha trios are good. There is also the Ligeti horn trio (same formation as the Brahms). The most famous post-1945 trio is the Shostakovitch which was composed in 1946 if I remember.

Cheers!

From sharon lee
Posted on October 20, 2005 at 03:45 AM

there's also 'cafe music' by schoenfield- it's a good crowd pleaser~

From Sylvia Wang
Posted on October 20, 2005 at 01:06 PM

thanks for the response!
^^

From Sylvia Wang
Posted on October 21, 2005 at 12:02 AM

From Ben Clapton
Posted on October 20, 2005 at 09:59 PM

I'll just mention that sending sylvia a recording of the Shosta trio will be breeching copyright, not only of the composer but of the performers as well.
I'd reccommend that you go out and get yourself a naxos cd or similar that will allow you to get a feel of the piece, and if you like it, then invest in a good recording.
Or just take our word that it's great (which it is), and go get a good recording from the start.

From Jesse Irons
Posted on October 21, 2005 at 05:49 AM

The Shostakovich is hardly obscure. You'll have no trouble finding it.

Incidentally, the Shostakovich trio was written in 1944, which misses the 1945 cut-off by one year (probably not a coincidence)... But let's skip ahead 50 years. Have you heard the "For Daniel" trio by Joan Tower? It premiered in 2004, but it shouldn't be too terribly difficult to get the music. I love her stuff.

From Rick Sowash
Posted on October 31, 2005 at 12:26 PM

Anyone can hear the "Spring" movement from my piano trio #1 "Four Seasons in Bellville" by going to:
http://www.sowash.com/recordings/mp3/sowash_spring.mp3
I wrote that trio in 1977.
Rick Sowash
Cincinnati, OH

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