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Conor71


After Drasko


Dvorak +2
Franck +1
Martinu -1

19  Dvorák: Piano Trio No.3
13   Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57
12   Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant"
11   Dvorak: Piano Quintet, op.81
09   Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
09   Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44
09   Franck: Violin Sonata
08   Fauré: Piano Trio op 120
08   Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
06   Mendelssohn: Octet
06   Penderecki: Sextet
06   Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht'
06   Schumann: Piano Quintet
06   Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence"
06   Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21
05   Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132
05   Poulenc Clarinet Sonata
04   Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18
04   Debussy: Violin Sonata, L.140
04   Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters"
03   Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 1
03   Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50
02   Martinů: Nonet, H. 374
02   Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80
01   Debussy String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10 [L.85]

karlhenning

After Conor

Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80 +2
Martinů: Nonet, H. 374 +1
Poulenc Clarinet Sonata -1

19  Dvorák: Piano Trio No.3
13   Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57
12   Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant"
11   Dvorak: Piano Quintet, op.81
09   Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
09   Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44
09   Franck: Violin Sonata
08   Fauré: Piano Trio op 120
08   Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
06   Mendelssohn: Octet
06   Penderecki: Sextet
06   Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht'
06   Schumann: Piano Quintet
06   Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence"
06   Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21
05   Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132
04   Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18
04   Debussy: Violin Sonata, L.140
04   Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters"
04   Poulenc Clarinet Sonata
04   Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80
03   Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 1
03   Martinů: Nonet, H. 374
03   Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50
01   Debussy String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10 [L.85]

Wanderer

#282
After Karl:

Bartók +2
Medtner +1
Shostakovich -1 (so that Dvořák's Trio make the list!)

19  Dvořák: Piano Trio No.3
12   Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57
12   Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant"
11   Dvořák: Piano Quintet, op.81
11   Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
10   Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44
09   Franck: Violin Sonata
08   Fauré: Piano Trio op 120
08   Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
06   Penderecki: Sextet
06   Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht'
06   Schumann: Piano Quintet
06   Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence"
06   Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21
06   Mendelssohn: Octet
05   Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132
04   Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18
04   Debussy: Violin Sonata, L.140
04   Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters"
04   Poulenc Clarinet Sonata
04   Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80
03   Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 1
03   Martinů: Nonet, H. 374
03   Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50
01   Debussy String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10 [L.85][/font]

Amfortas

After: Wanderer

Dvorak: op.81 +2
Debussy: Violin son +1
Moz: Clar qnt -1


19  Dvorák: Piano Trio No.3
13   Dvořák: Piano Quintet, op.81
13   Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57
12   Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant"
11   Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
10   Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44
09   Franck: Violin Sonata
08   Fauré: Piano Trio op 120
07   Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
06   Penderecki: Sextet
06   Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht'
06   Schumann: Piano Quintet
06   Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence"
06   Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21
05   Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132
05   Mendelssohn: Octet
05   Debussy: Violin Sonata, L.140
04   Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18
04   Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters"
04   Poulenc Clarinet Sonata
04   Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80
03   Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 1
03   Martinů: Nonet, H. 374
03   Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50
01   Debussy String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10 [L.85][/font]
''Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.'' - James Joyce (The Dead)

karlhenning

Quote from: Amfortas on June 30, 2011, 05:13:28 AM
After: Wanderer

Dvorak: op.81 +2
Debussy: Violin son +1
Moz: Clar qnt -1


19  Dvorák: Piano Trio No.3
13   Dvořák: Piano Quintet, op.81
13   Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57
12   Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant"
11   Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
10   Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44
09   Franck: Violin Sonata
08   Fauré: Piano Trio op 120
07   Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
06   Penderecki: Sextet
06   Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht'
06   Schumann: Piano Quintet
06   Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence"
06   Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21
05   Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132
05   Mendelssohn: Octet
05   Debussy: Violin Sonata, L.140
04   Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18
04   Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters"
04   Poulenc Clarinet Sonata
04   Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80
03   Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 1
03   Martinů: Nonet, H. 374
03   Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50
01   Debussy String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10 [L.85]

Amfortas, the Dvorák Piano Trio No.3 is now elevated to The List.

Also, looks like the score for the Shostakovich Op. 57 increased since Tasos/Wanderer's vote . . . .

(Do we need an audit?)


; )

Wanderer

#285
03:13:28 vs 03:13:35!  ;D

Revised:

13   Dvořák: Piano Quintet, op.81
12   Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57
12   Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant"
11   Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
10   Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44
09   Franck: Violin Sonata
08   Fauré: Piano Trio op 120
07   Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
06   Penderecki: Sextet
06   Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht'
06   Schumann: Piano Quintet
06   Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence"
06   Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21
06   Mendelssohn: Octet
05   Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132
05   Debussy: Violin Sonata, L.140
04   Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18
04   Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters"
04   Poulenc Clarinet Sonata
04   Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80
03   Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 1
03   Martinů: Nonet, H. 374
03   Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50
01   Debussy String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10 [L.85]

karlhenning

Quote from: Wanderer on June 30, 2011, 05:18:33 AM
03:13:28 vs 03:13:35!  ;D

Revised:

13   Dvořák: Piano Quintet, op.81
12   Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57
12   Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant"
11   Dvořák: Piano Quintet, op.81
11   Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
10   Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44
09   Franck: Violin Sonata
08   Fauré: Piano Trio op 120
07   Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
06   Penderecki: Sextet
06   Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht'
06   Schumann: Piano Quintet
06   Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence"
06   Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21
06   Mendelssohn: Octet
05   Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132
05   Debussy: Violin Sonata, L.140
04   Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18
04   Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters"
04   Poulenc Clarinet Sonata
04   Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80
03   Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 1
03   Martinů: Nonet, H. 374
03   Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50
01   Debussy String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10 [L.85]

Italics mine ; )

Lethevich

#287
After: Wanderer

+2 Martinů: Nonet, H. 374
+1 Poulenc Clarinet Sonata
-1 Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21

13   Dvořák: Piano Quintet, op.81
12   Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57
12   Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant"
11   Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
10   Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44
09   Franck: Violin Sonata
08   Fauré: Piano Trio op 120
07   Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
06   Penderecki: Sextet
06   Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht'
06   Schumann: Piano Quintet
06   Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence"
06   Mendelssohn: Octet
05   Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132
05   Debussy: Violin Sonata, L.140
05   Martinů: Nonet, H. 374
05   Poulenc Clarinet Sonata
05   Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21
04   Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18
04   Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters"
04   Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80
03   Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 1
03   Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50
01   Debussy String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10 [L.85]

Edit: done :)
Peanut butter, flour and sugar do not make cookies. They make FIRE.

Wanderer

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 30, 2011, 05:19:51 AM
Italics mine ; )

Thanks for noticing, corrected!

Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on June 30, 2011, 05:21:49 AM
11   Dvořák: Piano Quintet, op.81

My bad, you should erase that line (double entry).

Amfortas

Quote from: k a rl h e nn i ng on June 30, 2011, 05:17:42 AM
Amfortas, the Dvorák Piano Trio No.3 is now elevated to The List.


Thanks Karl, but its the Quintet op.81 I am advocating' :)
''Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.'' - James Joyce (The Dead)

DavidW

I've updated the list with that Dvorak trio.  Now to vote:

After Leon (looks like we're on the same page here for once!)


+2 Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
+1 Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57
-1 Dvořák: Piano Quintet, op.81


15   Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
14   Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57
11  Dvořák: Piano Quintet, op.81
12   Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant"
10   Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44
09   Franck: Violin Sonata
08   Fauré: Piano Trio op 120
07   Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
06   Penderecki: Sextet
06   Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht'
06   Schumann: Piano Quintet
06   Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence"
06   Mendelssohn: Octet
05   Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132
05   Debussy: Violin Sonata, L.140
05   Martinů: Nonet, H. 374
05   Poulenc Clarinet Sonata
05   Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21
04   Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18
04   Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters"
04   Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80
03   Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 1
03   Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50
01   Debussy String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10 [L.85]

not edward

After David:

+2 Martinu nonet
+1 Bartok sonata
-1 Medtner sonata

16   Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
14   Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57
11  Dvořák: Piano Quintet, op.81
12   Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant"
09   Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44
09   Franck: Violin Sonata
08   Fauré: Piano Trio op 120
07   Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
07   Martinů: Nonet, H. 374
06   Penderecki: Sextet
06   Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht'
06   Schumann: Piano Quintet
06   Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence"
06   Mendelssohn: Octet
05   Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132
05   Debussy: Violin Sonata, L.140
05   Poulenc Clarinet Sonata
05   Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21
04   Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18
04   Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters"
04   Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80
03   Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 1
03   Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50
01   Debussy String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10 [L.85]
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Herman

it's been a while, but as soon as I post this I am going to listen to the Archduke.

What was the name of the composer again? ;D

Herman


Lethevich

:)

I assume it's the usual bias towards titles that have made me most enjoy his Ghost and Archduke trios :-\
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Gurn Blanston

Quote from: Lethe Dmitriyevich Shostakovich on June 30, 2011, 11:11:12 AM
:)

I assume it's the usual bias towards titles that have made me most enjoy his Ghost and Archduke trios :-\

I prefer, by far, the one right in between those 2, Op 70#2 in Eb. I think it is his best trio. That's why one scarcely hears it, or of it. If it only had a name.... :)

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Lethevich

Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on June 30, 2011, 11:14:15 AM
I prefer, by far, the one right in between those 2, Op 70#2 in Eb. I think it is his best trio. That's why one scarcely hears it, or of it. If it only had a name.... :)

Thanks for the tip-off, I'll give that another go asap :)
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not edward

Quote from: Gurnatron5500 on June 30, 2011, 11:14:15 AM
I prefer, by far, the one right in between those 2, Op 70#2 in Eb. I think it is his best trio. That's why one scarcely hears it, or of it. If it only had a name.... :)

8)
Yup, that's definitely one of those overlooked Beethoven works. Love it.
"I don't at all mind actively disliking a piece of contemporary music, but in order to feel happy about it I must consciously understand why I dislike it. Otherwise it remains in my mind as unfinished business."
-- Aaron Copland, The Pleasures of Music

karlhenning

Where the trios have no name . . . .

mc ukrneal

After: Edward (again!)

+2 Dvorak Quintet
+1 Brahms Quartet 1
-1 Bartok Sonata

15   Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
14   Shostakovich: Piano Quintet, Op. 57
13  Dvořák: Piano Quintet, op.81
12   Mozart  String Quartet No.19 in C major, K.465 "Dissonant"
09   Medtner: Violin Sonata No.2 in G major, Op.44
09   Franck: Violin Sonata
08   Fauré: Piano Trio op 120
07   Mozart: Clarinet Quintet
07   Martinů: Nonet, H. 374
06   Penderecki: Sextet
06   Schönberg - String Sextet op.4 'Verklärte Nacht'
06   Schumann: Piano Quintet
06   Tchaikovsky: String Sextet "Souvenir de Florence"
06   Mendelssohn: Octet
05   Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132
05   Debussy: Violin Sonata, L.140
05   Poulenc Clarinet Sonata
05   Alkan: Grand duo concertant for violin & piano, Op.21
04   Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op.18
04   Janácek: String Quartet No.2 "Intimate Letters"
04   Prokofiev: Violin Sonata in F minor, Op.80
04   Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 1
03   Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in a minor, Op. 50
01   Debussy String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10 [L.85]
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