Chamber music: Piano Trios - complete recordings ... Ludwig van Beethoven's website

Here is a list of Beethoven's complete piano trios. Please, don't hesitate to point out any mistake or ommission. Thank you.

Please note that none of the complete Piano Trios includes the Piano Trio Opus 63 (that can be found by itself).

Beethoven's main works for Piano Trio - Piano, Violin and cello - are:

7 Piano Trios: Opus 1-1 to 1-3; Opus 11 ("Gassenhauer" with violin or clarinette); Opus 38 (arrangement of the septet opus 20); Opus 70-1 ("Ghost") and 70-2 ; Opus 97 ("Archiduc");
1 trio for piano, violin and cello, Opus 63 (doubtful);
2 other trios published after Beethoven's death: WoO 38 and WoO 39;
2 sets of variation for piano, violin and cello: Opus 44 and Opus 121a ("Kakadu" variations) ;
The transcription of the 2nd symphony for Piano trio, opus 36;
The transcription of the Septet opus 20, opus 38;
The Allegretto Hess 48.

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Thanks to Daniel for his work on this...

Ludwig van Beethoven's complete Piano Trios

Opus 63 by the Osiris Trio: Ellen Corver* - Peter Brunt - Larissa Groeneveld*	Guarneri Trio: Ivan Klansky -Cenek Pavlik - Marek Jerie	Wilhelm Kempff - Henryk Szeryng - Pierre Fournier

Musicians	Year	Number of cds	Label	Available
Trio Abegg : Ulrich Beetz - Birgit Erichson - Gerrit Zitterbart		4 CD Includes opus 121a, WoO 38 and WoO 39.	Tacet
Vladimir Ashkenazy - Itzhak Perlman - Lynn Harrell		4CD Includes opus 44, opus 121a, WoO 38 and WoO 39, Hess 48.	EMI Classics
Daniel Barenboim - Pinchas Zukerman - Jacqueline du Pré	1969-1970	3 CD (+ 6 CD) Includes violin and cello sonatas	EMI
Beaux-Arts Trio: Bernard Greenhouse - Menahem Pressler - Isidore Cohen	Circa1979-1982	5 CD Includes opus 44, opus 121a, transcriptions of the 2nd symphony and of the septet opus 20, WoO 38 and WoO 39, Hess 48.	Philips
Borodine Trio	1994	4 CD Includes opus 44, opus 121a, WoO 38 and WoO 39.	Chandos
Florestan Trio: Anthony Marwood - Richard Lester - Susan Tomes	2001-2002	3 CD Includes WoO 38 and WoO 39.	Hyperion
Fontenay Trio: Wolf Harden - Michael Mucke - Jens Peter Maintz	1993	4 CD	Teldec
Guarneri Trio: Ivan Klansky - Cenek Pavlik - Marek Jerie	1998-2000	5 CD Includes opus 44, opus 121a, transcriptions of the 2nd symphony and of the septet opus 20, WoO 38 and WoO 39, Hess 48.	Praga
Trio Hongrois : Georges Solchany - Alpad Gerecz - Vilmos Palotai	1960	4 CD	Emi
Eugene Istomin - Alexander Schneider - Pablo Casals	1950's		Sony
Eugene Istomin - Isaac Stern - Leonard Rose	Circa 1965	4 CD	Sony
Wilhelm Kempff - Henryk Szeryng - Pierre Fournier	1969-1970	5 CD Includes opus 44, opus 121a, transcriptions of the 2nd symphony and of the septet opus 20, WoO 38 and WoO 39, Hess 48.	Deutsche Grammophon
Parnassus Trio: Chia Chou - Wolfgang Schröder - Michael Gross		4 CD Includes opus 44, opus 121a, WoO 38 and WoO 39, Hess 48.	MDG Records
Serafin Trio: Gottfried Hefele - Wilhelm F. Walz - Jörg Metzger	1996?	4 CD	Arte Nova	-
Stuttgart piano Trio : Monika Leonhard - Rainer Kussmaul - Claus Kanngiesser	1992-1993	4 CD Includes opus 44, opus 121a, WoO 38 and WoO 39, Hess 48.	Naxos
Vienna piano Trio : Stefan Mendl - Matthias Gredler - Wolfgang Redik		Not complete?	Nimbus
Zingara Trio: Annette Cole - Elizabth Layton - Felix Schmidt	1993	3 CD Includes opus 44.	Brilliant

Daniel Barenboim - Pinchas Zukerman - Jacqueline du Pré	Beaux-Arts Trio: Bernard Greenhouse - Menahem Pressler - Isidore Cohen	Parnassus Trio: Chia Chou - Wolfgang Schröder - Michael Gross

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