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Among the fairly large repertoire for the standard piano trio (violin, cello, and piano) are the following works:

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Ordering is by surname of composer.

A

  • Lev Abeliovich
  • Piano Trio (1955)
  • Franghiz Ali-Zadeh
  • Impromptus (2004)
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan
  • Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 30
  • Fikret Amirov
  • To the Memory of Ghadsibekov, second version, poem for violin, cello and piano (1953)
  • Iosif Andriasov
  • Trio for violin, cello and piano, Op. 7
  • Georges Aperghis
  • Trio (2012)
  • Anton Arensky
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in F minor, Op. 73
  • Valery Arsumanov
  • Trio for piano, violin and cello, Op. 183
  • Lera Auerbach
  • Piano Trio, Op. 28 (1992–1996)
  • Postlude, encore piece for piano trio (2006)

    • C

  • Charles Camilleri
  • Piano Trio (2005)
  • Elliott Carter
  • Epigrams (2012)
  • Alfredo Casella
  • Siciliana e Burlesca, Op. 23-bis
  • Gaspar Cassadó
  • Piano Trio in C major (1925)
  • Alexis de Castillon
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in B-flat major, Op.4
  • Friedrich Cerha
  • Trio (2005)
  • Cécile Chaminade
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor, Op. 11
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in A minor, Op. 34
  • Ernest Chausson
  • Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 3
  • Frédéric Chopin
  • Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8
  • Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979)
  • Piano Trio (1921)
  • Aaron Copland
  • Vitebsk: Study on a Jewish Theme for Piano Trio (1928)
  • Prelude for piano trio
  • Carl Czerny
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in E♭ major, Op. 105 (alternative version of a violin, horn and piano trio)
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in A major, Op. 166
  • Piano Trio No. 3 in E major, Op. 173
  • Piano Trio No. 4 in A minor, Op. 289
  • Trois Sonatines faciles et brillantes pour le pianoforte seul ou avec accomp. d'un violon et violoncelle ad libitum, Op. 104
  • Deux Trios brillans pour pianoforte, violon et violoncelle, Op. 211
  • Six Grand Potpourris for piano trio, Op. 212

    • D

  • Claude Debussy
  • Piano Trio in G major, L. 3 (1880)
  • David Del Tredici
  • Grand Trio (2001)
  • Edison Denisov
  • Trio for violin, cello and piano, Op. 5 (1954) (dedicated to Dmitri Shostakovich)
  • Trio for violin, cello and piano, Op. 39 (1971)
  • Albert Dietrich
  • Second Trio, A major, Op. 14
  • Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński
  • Grand Trio, A minor, Op. 17
  • Théodore Dubois
  • Piano Trio No.1, C minor
  • Piano Trio No.2, E major
  • Canon for Piano Trio
  • Pascal Dusapin
  • Trio Rombach, for piano, violin or clarinet and cello (1997)
  • Antonín Dvořák
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in B♭ major, B. 51
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 26/B.56
  • Piano Trio No. 3 in F minor (once listed as Op. 64), Op.65/B.130
  • Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor ("Dumky"), Op.90/B.166

    • E

  • Sven Einar Englund
  • Trio (1982)
  • Gabriel Erkoreka
  • Aldakiak (2003)
  • Trio del Agua (2011)
  • Iván Erőd
  • Trio No. 1 for Violin, Violoncello and Piano, Op. 21 (1976)
  • Trio No. 2 for Violin, Violoncello and Piano, Op. 42 (1982)

    • F

  • Louise Farrenc
  • Trio for flute/violin, cello, and piano in E minor, Op. 45
  • Gabriel Fauré
  • Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
  • Morton Feldman
  • Trio, for violin, cello, and piano (1980)
  • Richard Festinger
  • Tapestries (1997)
  • Zdeněk Fibich
  • Piano Trio in F minor (1872)
  • Josef Bohuslav Foerster
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in F minor, Op. 8
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in B♭ major, Op. 38
  • Arthur Foote
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 5
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in B♭ major, Op. 65
  • César Franck
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in F♯ minor, Op. 1, No. 1
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in B♭ major, Op. 1, No. 2 (Trio de salon)
  • Piano Trio No. 3 in B minor, Op. 1, No. 3
  • Piano Trio No. 4 in B minor, Op. 2
  • Peter Fribbins
  • Piano Trio (2003 - 2004)
  • "Softly in the dusk..." for piano trio (2006 - 2007)
  • "Variations on a Burns Air" for piano trio (2009)
  • Gunnar de Frumerie
  • Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 45 (1952)
  • Robert Fuchs
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in C major, Op. 22
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in B♭ major, Op. 72
  • Kenji Fujimura
  • Echoes of the Silver Screen for piano, violin, and cello (2015)
  • Beat Furrer
  • retour an dich (1984)

    • G

  • Niels Wilhelm Gade
  • Trio in F major, Op. 42 (1863)
  • Hans Gál
  • Variations on an Old Viennese Heurigen Melody Op.9
  • German Galynin
  • Trio (1947)
  • Stacy Garrop
  • Silver Dagger (2009)
  • Lucija Garuta
  • Trio in B-flat major (1948)
  • Harald Genzmer
  • Piano Trio in F major
  • Friedrich Gernsheim
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in F major, Op. 28
  • Trio No.2 [No.4], B major, Op. 37
  • Two other piano trios (in manuscript form)
  • Giorgio Federico Ghedini
  • Due Intermezzi (1915)
  • Hermann Goetz
  • Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 1
  • Carl Goldmark
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in B♭ major, Op. 4
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 33
  • Rubin Goldmark
  • Trio in D minor, Op. 1
  • Paul Graener
  • Suite for Piano Trio, Op. 19
  • Kammermusikdichtung for Trio, Op. 20
  • Piano Trio, Op. 61
  • Enrique Granados
  • Piano Trio, H. 140
  • Alexander Gretchaninov
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 38 (1906)
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in G major, Op. 128 (1931)
  • Edvard Grieg
  • Andante con moto, C minor, BoSE 137 (1878)
  • Jorge Grundman
  • A walk across adolescence (2011)

    • H

  • Daron Hagen
  • Piano Trio No. 1: "Trio Concertante" for violin, cello, and piano (1984)
  • Piano Trio No. 2: "J'entends" for violin, cello, and piano (1986)
  • Piano Trio No. 3 : "Wayfaring Stranger" for violin, cello, and piano (2006)
  • Piano Trio No. 4 : "Angel Band" for violin, cello, and piano (2007)
  • Joseph Haydn
  • Piano Trios, H XV 1-41
  • David Philip Hefti
  • Schattenspie(ge)l Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (2006)
  • Stephen Heller
  • Intermezzo in E major (1842)
  • Swan Hennessy
  • Lieder an den Mond, Op. 10 (1888), London: Augener & Co.
  • Adolf von Henselt
  • Trio in A minor, Op. 24
  • Hans Werner Henze
  • Kammersonate (1948, rev. 1963)
  • Adagio adagio (1993)
  • Louis Ferdinand von Hohenzollern (Prince of Prussia)
  • Trio No. 3 in E♭ major, Op. 10
  • Hans Huber
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in E, Op. 65 (pub. 1883)
  • Piano Trio No. 3 in F, Op. 105 (pub. 1890)
  • Eine Bergnovelle (after E. Zahn's "Bergvolk", Trio No. 4, Op. 120)
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel
  • Piano Trio No, 1 in E♭ major, Op. 12
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 22
  • Piano Trio No. 3 in G major, Op. 35
  • Piano Trio No. 4 in G major, Op. 65
  • Piano Trio No. 5 in E major, Op. 83
  • Piano Trio No. 6 in E♭ major, Op. 93
  • Piano Trio No. 7 in E♭ major, Op. 96
  • Miriam Hyde
  • Fantasy Trio in B minor, Op. 26 (1932-3)

    • I

  • Nikos Ioakeim
  • perhaps you're right: i'm devoid of lyricism (2015)
  • John Ireland
  • Phantasy-Trio (1906)
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor (1917)
  • Piano Trio No. 3 (1938)
  • Charles Ives (1874–1954)
  • Piano Trio, S. 86 (1904–11)

    • J

  • Pierre Jalbert
  • Piano Trio No. 1
  • Piano Trio No. 2
  • Betsy Jolas
  • Trio 88 (1988)
  • "Ah! Haydn" (2007)
  • John Joubert
  • Landscapes for soprano and piano trio, Op. 129
  • Paul Juon
  • Piano Trio in A minor, Op.17 [Trio No. 1]
  • Trio-Caprice on Selma Lagerlof's "Gosta Berling" in B minor, Op. 39 [Trio No. 2]
  • Piano Trio in G major, Op. 60 [Trio No. 3]
  • Litaniae. Tone Poem in C♯ minor, Op. 70 [Trio No. 4]
  • Legend in D minor, Op. 83 [Trio No. 5]
  • Suite in C major, Op. 89

    • K

  • Jindrich Kaan z Albestu
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in G minor, Op. 29
  • Mauricio Kagel
  • Piano Trio No. 1 (1984/85)
  • Piano Trio No. 2 (2001)
  • Piano Trio No. 3 (2007)
  • Hugo Kaun
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in B♭ major, Op. 32 (published 1896)
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 58 (published 1904)
  • Leon Kirchner
  • Piano Trio No. 1 (1954)
  • Piano Trio No. 2 (1993)
  • Theodor Kirchner
  • Novelletten, Op. 59
  • Nikolai Korndorf
  • Are You Ready Brother Trio for piano, violin and cello (1996)
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  • Piano Trio in D major, Op. 1 (1910)
  • Viktor Kosenko
  • Classical Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 17 (1927)
  • Rafael Kubelík
  • Trio concertante (1988)
  • Toivo Kuula
  • Piano Trio, Op. 7 (1908)

    • L

  • László Lajtha
  • Trio concertante, Op. 10 (1928)
  • Édouard Lalo
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 7
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor (Ode on Music "Descend, ye Nine?")
  • Piano Trio No. 3 in A minor, Op. 26
  • Ernst Ludwig Leitner
  • Tempus edax rerum (1994)
  • Guillaume Lekeu
  • Piano Trio in C minor
  • Lowell Liebermann
  • Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 32 (1990)
  • Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 77 (2001)
  • Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 122 (2012)
  • Henry Charles Litolff
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 47
  • Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 56
  • Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 100
  • Franz Liszt
  • Rhapsodie Hongroise No. 9 - Le Carnaval de Pesth [S.379]
  • Orpheus. Symphonic Poem (transcribed by Camille Saint-Saëns)
  • Piano Trio La Lugubre Gondola (1882), also arranged for piano solo
  • Heinz Martin Lonquich
  • Piano Trio II (2005)
  • Christophe Looten
  • Austrian Trio

    • N

  • Lazar Nikolov

    • Intermezzo per tre (1994)

  • Lior Navok
  • Piano Trio (1999)
  • Vítězslav Novák
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor, Op. 1
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor "Quasi una ballata", Op. 27

    • O

  • Andrej Ocenas
  • Piano Trio, Op. 36 (1967)
  • George Onslow
  • Piano Trios Nos. 1-3, Op. 3 (1807)
  • Piano Trios Nos. 4-6, Op. 14 (1817)
  • Piano Trio No. 7, Op. 20 (1822)
  • Piano Trio No. 8, Op. 26 (1823)
  • Piano Trio No. 9, Op. 27 (1823)
  • Piano Trio No. 10, Op. 83 (1851/2)

    • P

  • Dimitri Papageorgiou
  • Trivalent for violin, cello, and piano (2005)
  • Arvo Pärt
  • Mozart - Adagio for piano trio
  • Andrzej Panufnik
  • Piano Trio (1934)
  • Robert Paterson
  • Sun Trio [1] (1995/rev. 2008)
  • Zoltan Paulinyi
  • Trio-choro / New Brazilian Trio (2008)
  • Hans Pfitzner
  • Piano Trio in F major, Op.8
  • Lubomir Pipkov
  • Piano Trio (1930)
  • Werner Pirchner
  • Wem gehört der Mensch...? PWV 31 (1988)
  • Heimat? PWV 29a (1992)
  • Gerhard Präsent
  • Trio intricato (1983–1985)
  • Tête-à-tête-à-tête (1995/98)
  • Melodic Pieces (2004–06)

    • T

  • Jenő Takács
  • Trio-Rhapsodie Op. 11
  • Toru Takemitsu
  • Between tides (1993)
  • Sergei Taneyev
  • Piano Trio in D major, Op. 22
  • Alexandre Tansman
  • Piano Trio No. 2 (1939)
  • Boris Tchaikovsky
  • Piano Trio in D major (1953)
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
  • Aleksandr Georgievitch Tchugaev
  • Piano Trio (1975/79)
  • Sigismond Thalberg
  • Piano Trio in A major, Op. 69
  • Joaquín Turina (1882–1949)
  • Piano Trio in F major (1904)
  • Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 35 (1926)
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in B minor, Op. 76 (1933)
  • Circulo, for piano trio, Op. 91 (1942)
  • Mark-Anthony Turnage
  • A short procession, for piano trio (2003)

    • U

  • Erich Urbanner
  • "...in Bewegung..." Trio for violin, cello, and piano (1990)

    • V

  • Pēteris Vasks
  • Episodi e Canto Perpetuo (1985)
  • Octavio Vazquez
  • Piano Trio "Guernica" (2006)
  • Sandor Veress
  • Tre quadri (1963)
  • Pancho Vladigerov
  • Trio in B-flat minor, Op. 4 (1916)
  • Robert Volkmann
  • Piano Trio No. 1 in F major, Op. 3
  • Piano Trio No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 5

    • W

  • Graham Waterhouse
  • Polish Suite, Op. 3 (1978)
  • Bei Nacht, Op. 50 (1999)
  • Canto Notturno (2009)
  • Bells of Beyond (2013)
  • Karl Weigl
  • Trio (1938/39)
  • Douglas Weiland
  • First Trio (Op. 22) 1995
  • Second Trio (Op.32) "Pavey Ark" 2002
  • Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996)
  • Piano Trio, Op. 24
  • Kenny Wheeler
  • A little peace for piano trio (2002)
  • Hermann Wichmann
  • Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op.10
  • Ernst Widmer
  • A ultima flor, Op.60 (1968)
  • John Woolrich
  • The Night will not draw on (2008)
  • Toward the black sky (1997)
  • Charles Wuorinen
  • Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1983)

    • Y

  • Isang Yun
  • Trio (1972/75)

    • Z

  • Noel Zahler (1951-)
  • Piano Trio (1984)
  • Edson Zampronha
  • O Acorde Invisível (The Invisible Chord) (2010)
  • Isidora Žebeljan
  • Sarabande (2001/13)
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann
  • Présence. Ballet blanc en cinq scènes (1961)
  • Djuro Zivkovic (1975-)
  • Piano Trio (2001)
  • Georgi Zlatev-Cherkin
  • Trio Nr. 1 (1944)
  • Trio Nr. 2 (1948)
  • John Zorn
  • Amour Fou (1999)
  • Hexentarot (2013)
  • The Aristos (2014)
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
  • Piano Trio
  • Otto M. Zykan
  • g-kettet (1996)
  • Drei Bagatellen (1998)

    • Other combinations for Piano Trio

    Many works also exist for less conventional groupings of instruments. Among the most notable are:

  • Flute, cello and piano (Haydn Op 67, 73, Weber Op. 63 J. 259)
  • Flute, Bassoon and piano (Beethoven WoO. 37)
  • Clarinet-viola-piano trio (Mozart's Kegelstatt Trio, K 498)
  • Clarinet-violin-piano trio (Bartók's Contrasts)
  • Clarinet-cello-piano trio (Beethoven's Trio in B-flat, Op. 11, Brahms' Trio Op. 114)
  • Violin, horn and piano (Horn Trio (Brahms) and Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano (Ligeti) both list additional works in the medium)
  • Oboe, bassoon and piano (Poulenc)
  • Paul Hindemith Trio for heckelphone (or tenor saxophone), viola & piano, Op. 47

    • Of these repertoires, pieces which include ossia parts for the conventional violin-cello-piano trio include:

  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Trio for clarinet, cello, piano in B-flat major, Op. 11
  • Johannes Brahms
  • Trio for violin, horn (or viola) in E-flat major, Op. 40
  • Trio for clarinet (or viola), cello, piano in A minor, Op. 114
  • Max Bruch
  • Trio for clarinet (or violin), cello, and piano in c minor, Op. 5
  • Eight Pieces for clarinet (or violin), cello, and piano, Op. 83
  • Mikhail Glinka
  • Trio pathétique, for clarinet (or violin), bassoon (or cello), and piano in D minor, G. iv173

    • References

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