Piano Trio for amateurs to learn

[wert16]

A couple of high school friends and I decided to learn a few piano trio pieces for fun, but we're not really familiar with the repertoire. Any suggestions of good, challenging and cool sounding trios? btw string players have done their Associate diplomas and I got my licentiate on piano a few years ago so we can play somewhat, just a bit rusty . any help would be awesome

[pianoman1349]

Debussy Piano Trio

[ahinton]

Bridge: Miniatures (three volumes of three pieces each, written specially for amateur performers but with Bridge's customary skill and imagination).

Beethoven: Piano Trio, Op. 1 no. 1 (a relatively large-scale piece but not especially difficult to bring off)

There are also plenty of trios by Haydn to explore, most of which are not of especial difficulty but some of which are really rewarding to play; you could also consider the handful of trios by Mozart.

Best,

Alistair

[pianoman1349]

THe Mozart trios are a lot of fun and quite charming.  They have more interesting string parts than the Haydn trios ... your string players will likely appreciate the writing more.

Another Beethoven trio that would be interesting to consider is the Ghost trio (just the first movement).

The Turina trio op 76 is also not that bad as well.

Good luck