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Menotti is best kown for his operas, but he also excelled in other forms. The Suite for two cellos and piano is part of the standard repertoire for cello duos and contains a stately Introduction, a an...

For flute, violin and piano.

Discover an expressive gem of chamber music with the "Concertino", published by the renowned G. Schirmer. This captivating work is defined by a charming musical dialogue: the virtuosic interplay betwe...

For flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord.

For flute, violin, viola and cello.

This tribute to Franz Schubert contains only a brief fragment actually written by the composer. The rest of the work describes Schubert's journey to the next world, his awareness of the still-to-be-ex...

This work is a set of free variations drawn from a 13th-century Chinese drama by Kuan Han-Chimg. The complex cello and percussion writing focuses on the timbres, textures and fiddling techniques of Ch...

Written in 1999, this single movement work was commissioned by the Winsor Music Consortium - a group made up of 12 oboists and four chamber music festivals. The premiere took place in February 2000. 2...

Fling, a contraction of FLute and strING, owes its name partly to the violin parts, which imitate the flute, as well as the short length of the piece and its fast pace.

For flute, violin and cello.

This work is universally and perhaps more commonly known as the 'Archduke' Trio because it is dedicated to the composer's patron Archduke Rudolph. Beethoven actually considered the Piano Trio in B fla...

For flute, cello or viola, and piano.

Menotti is best known for his operas, but he has written some wonderful chamber music, among which this piece deserves special notice. It was composed for and has been recorded by the Verdehr Trio as...

Discover an enchanting piece of chamber music with the "Trio in C Major" for flute, cello, and piano, masterfully combining the joy of ensemble playing with tonal elegance. The radiant key of C major...

Composed during World War II and back in print by popular demand, a brilliant chamber work by the great Czech composer.

From the composer: Soliloquy was written in memory of my father, who died on September 1, 1975. He had been a concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic for 23 years, and I still find it hard to think...

Aria for Oboe and Strings may be performed in either two versions: with string orchestra or with string quintet. The materials provided here include footnotes indicating how the piece should be perfor...

Composed in 1954.

For violin, violoncello and piano. Written in memory of Cole Carsan St. Clair, son of conductor Carl St. Clair, who passed away at the age of 18 months. 27 minutes.

This 2004 piece was inspired by the transparency, ambiguity, and shiftiness of Franz Joseph Haydn's piano trios. 20 minutes.

Composed for the wedding of his sister Sarah to Samuel Fulton Beatty on May 4, 1940 in Barber's New York apartment. The two-minute piece makes a great prelude to any concert both as a novelty and as a...

This work was written almost exactly fifteen years after Schubert's previous offering in this genre, a Piano Trio also in B Flat Major (D. 28), composed when a pupil of Antonio Salieri. This work, Op....

Four Movements For Piano Trio' is based on musical materials from 'My Song', a work by Sheng for solo Piano, composed in 1988 which attempted to combine his background in Oriental classical and folk m...

For Oboe and Wind Quartet (Flute, Clarinet, French Horn and Bassoon).

Il Lamento di Tristano is a set of variations on two themes that are in highly contrasting styles. Rodriguez juxtaposes fragments from Wagner's opera, Tristan and Isolde, with a 14th-century monophoni...