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Piano Repertoire Suggestions

The suggestions below are for piano trios, quartets and quintets which have been played several times at Summertrios.  There are many other selections available, if you are looking for something different. The opinions about "difficulty" are those of Betty Mock, refer mostly to technical difficulty, and are general guidelines only.  Technical difficulties vary greatly depending on the musician and what he/she wishes to accomplish.  Further, some works that are technically more accessible are musically very difficult.  .

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Piano Trios (piano and two instruments, usually violin and cello)

Arensky Piano Op 32, 50 Advanced Professional
Beethoven  WoO 37, 38, 39 Intermediate Intermediate
Beethoven  Op 1 #1,2,3 , Op 11 (cl,vc), Op 44 Intermediate a Advanced 
Beethoven  121a (Kakadu) Advanced Advanced/Professional
Beethoven Op 70 #1 (Ghost),#2, 97 (Archduke) Advanced Professional
Brahms Op. 8, 40 (vl,hn),87,101,114 (cl,vc) Advanced Professional
Bruch 8 pieces, slower selections Intermediate Intermediate
Bruch 8 pieces, faster selections Intermediate Advanced
Chausson Op 3 Advanced Professional
Dvorak Op 26, 90 Intermediate Advanced
Dvorak Op.65 Advanced Professional
Glinka (cl, ba) Intermediate Advanced
Haydn Early  Intermediate Intermediate
Haydn Later Intermediate Advanced
Hummel Op 78 (fl, vc) Intermediate Advanced
Mendelssohn Op 49 Advanced Advanced/Professional
Mendelssohn Op 66 Advanced Professional
Mendelssohn Op 113 , 114 (2 cl or cll,ba) Intermediate Intermediate
Mozart k 254,496,502,542,548,564, 498 (cl,va) Intermediate Advanced
Rachmaninoff #1 Advanced Professional
Rachmaninoff #2 Professional Professional
Ravel Advanced Professional
Reinecke Op. 264 (cl, va)  Op. 188 (ob,hn) Advanced Advanced
Saint-Saens op 18 Intermediate Advanced
Saint-Saens op 92 Advanced Professional
Schubert Op 99 ,100 Advanced Professional
Schumann, Clara Piano Trio Intermediate Intermediate
Schumann, Robert 4 pieces Op 88 Intermediate Intermediate
Schumann, Robert Op. 63 Advanced Professional
Schumann , Robert Op. 80,110 Advanced Professional
Shostakovich Op 67 Advanced Professional
Smetana Op 15 Advanced Professional
Tchaikovsky Op 50 Advanced Professional
Turina Op 35, 76 Advanced Advanced
C.M. von Weber Op 63 (fl,vc) Intermediate Intermediate

Piano Quartets (piano and three instruments, usually violin, viola and cello)

Beethoven Op. 16 Intermediate a Advanced/Professional
Brahms Op. 25, 26,60 Advanced Professional
Chausson Op 30 Professional Professional
Dvorak Op. 23 Intermediate Advanced
Dvorak Op.  87 Advanced Professional
Faure Op. 15 & 45 Advanced Professional
Mendelssohn Op 1 ,2, 3 Intermediate a Advanced/Professional

Mozart k 478 (g minor), 498 (Eb major)

Intermediate Advanced
Schumann Op 47 Intermediate Advanced
Richard Strauss Op. 13 Advanced Professional

Piano Quintets (piano and four instruments, usually 2 violins, viola and cello)

Beethoven Op 16 (ob,cl,hn,ba) Intermediate Advanced
Brahms Op 34 Advanced Professional
Danzi Op 41 (ob,cl,hn,ba) Intermediate Advanced
Dohnanyi Op 1, 26 Advanced Professional
Dvorak Op 81 Intermediate Advanced
Elgar Op 84 Advanced Advanced
Faure Op 89, 115 Advanced Professional
Franck Quintet in f Advanced Professional
Hummel quintet Op 87 (vl, va, vc, db ) Advanced Advanced
Mozart k297 (ob,cl, hn,ba) Intermediate Advanced
Rimsky-Korsakov (fl,cl,hn,ba) Intermediate Advanced
Schubert op 114 "Trout" (vl,va,vc,db) Advanced Advanced /Professional
Schumann Op 44 Intermediate Advanced
Shostakovich Op 57 Advanced Professional

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