Complete Piano Trios

Mendelssohn's trios are real masterpieces. The pieces won a place of honor among trio compositions soon after their premier. His Trio No. 1 still belongs to one of the most played compositions in all of chamber music. His second trio sounds like a sonorous chronicle of the months when it was created.

The following leitmotivs can be heard: distress and rescue, waking and living of nature, the struggle of the seasons, prayer and thanks. It was to be Mendelssohn's last chamber music piece with a piano. The Altenberg Trio plays this famous work with such precision and devotion that listeners become breathless.  

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Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello No. 1 in D minor, op. 49
Molto allegro agitato
 
09:23
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Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello No. 1 in D minor, op. 49
Andante con moto tranquillo
 
06:07
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Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello No. 1 in D minor, op. 49
Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace
 
03:32
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Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello No. 1 in D minor, op. 49
Finale: Allegro assai appassionato
 
08:23
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Trio for Piano, Violin und Violoncello No. 2 in C minor, op. 66
Allegro energico e fuoco
 
11:08
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Trio for Piano, Violin und Violoncello No. 2 in C minor, op. 66
Andante espressivo
 
06:24
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Trio for Piano, Violin und Violoncello No. 2 in C minor, op. 66
Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto
 
03:27
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Trio for Piano, Violin und Violoncello No. 2 in C minor, op. 66
Finale: Allegro appassionato
 
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