Israel Piano Trio
Encyclopedia
The Israel Piano Trio is a classical piano trio
founded in 1972 by the pianist Alexander Volkov, the violinist Menahem Breuer, and the cellist Zvi Harell, who was later replaced by Marcel Bergman. The trio's recordings include the complete piano trios of Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann, as well as works by 20-th century Israeli composers.
As of 2011, the members are Roglit Ishay (piano), Menahem Breuer (violin), and Hillel Zori (cello).
Piano trio
A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music...
founded in 1972 by the pianist Alexander Volkov, the violinist Menahem Breuer, and the cellist Zvi Harell, who was later replaced by Marcel Bergman. The trio's recordings include the complete piano trios of Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann, as well as works by 20-th century Israeli composers.
As of 2011, the members are Roglit Ishay (piano), Menahem Breuer (violin), and Hillel Zori (cello).
Recordings
- SchubertFranz SchubertFranz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer.Although he died at an early age, Schubert was tremendously prolific. He wrote some 600 Lieder, nine symphonies , liturgical music, operas, some incidental music, and a large body of chamber and solo piano music...
: Piano Trios, CRDCRD RecordsCRD is an English record label specialising in recordings of classical music, based in Truro.It was founded in 1965 by Graham Pauncefort as an importer and distributor of specialised European and American recordings, and in 1973 become a recording label in its own right. The distribution activity...
2411 - BrahmsJohannes BrahmsJohannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...
: Piano Trios, CRDCRD RecordsCRD is an English record label specialising in recordings of classical music, based in Truro.It was founded in 1965 by Graham Pauncefort as an importer and distributor of specialised European and American recordings, and in 1973 become a recording label in its own right. The distribution activity...
2412 - SchumannRobert SchumannRobert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
: Piano Trios, CRDCRD RecordsCRD is an English record label specialising in recordings of classical music, based in Truro.It was founded in 1965 by Graham Pauncefort as an importer and distributor of specialised European and American recordings, and in 1973 become a recording label in its own right. The distribution activity...
2413 - MendelssohnFelix MendelssohnJakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Barthóldy , use the form 'Mendelssohn' and not 'Mendelssohn Bartholdy'. The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians gives ' Felix Mendelssohn' as the entry, with 'Mendelssohn' used in the body text...
: Piano Trios, CRDCRD RecordsCRD is an English record label specialising in recordings of classical music, based in Truro.It was founded in 1965 by Graham Pauncefort as an importer and distributor of specialised European and American recordings, and in 1973 become a recording label in its own right. The distribution activity...
3459 - Partos/AlotinYardena AlotinYardena Alotin was an Israeli composer and pianist.-Biography:Yardena Alotin studied from 1948 to 1950 at the Music Teachers' College in Tel Aviv and then from 1950 to 1952 at the Israel Music Academy...
/EhrlichAbel EhrlichAbel Ehrlich was an Israeli composer. In 1997, Ehrlich won the Israel Prize for Music.- Biography :...
/BraunYehezkel Braun-Biography:From the age of two, Braun, was brought up in Mandate Palestine in close contact with Jewish and East-Mediterranean traditional music. The influence of this background is clearly felt in his compositions....
/BlochErnest BlochErnest Bloch was a Swiss-born American composer.-Life:Bloch was born in Geneva and began playing the violin at age 9. He began composing soon afterwards. He studied music at the conservatory in Brussels, where his teachers included the celebrated Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe...
/CoplandAaron CoplandAaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. He was instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, and is often referred to as "the Dean of American Composers"...
, BTR 9504, 1996