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Recordings

Great Piano Trios

9 CD compilation of the greatest works by:

Beethoven

Mozart

Schubert

Mendelssohn

Shotakovich

"The Gryphon Trio must be counted as fine a threesome as any before the public today."
ArkivMusic | November 2011 *****

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Broken Hearts & Madmen

with Patricia O'Callaghan

Featuring songs by Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Lhasa de Sela, and Laurie Anderson alongside traditional melodies from Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil.

“...absolutely breathtaking in its attention to detail, with every note carved from their love of the songs and their obvious ease with each other.”
vivoscene | September 2011 *****

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Jeffrey Ryan: Fugitive Colours

Jeffrey Ryan: Equilateral
for piano trio and orchestra

Vancouver Symphony | Bramwell Tovey

"... one concert recording that no admirer of the Gryphons can possibly live without."
Classical Music Sentinel | September 2011*****

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Beethoven: Piano Trios

2011 JUNO AWARD WINNER!

Piano Trio Op.70, No. 1 "Ghost"

Piano Trio Op. 70, No. 2
Piano Trio in B-flat, Op. 11

“These finely judged and warmly recorded perfomances gave me a great deal of pleasure.”

BBC Music Magazine | March 2011 *****

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Beethoven: Piano Trios

Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 2;
Piano Trio Op. 97 "Archduke"
“The King of Archdukes”
BBC Music Magazine | May 2010 *****

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Tango Nuevo

Works by Piazzolla, Durán, Ginastera
“This foray into reimaginings of the traditional Argentine tango is a nicely layered set of 12 tracks dominated by The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)....The finest piece of all comes with the closing track: a sweet, sad little Milonga by Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983).”
Toronto Star | John Terauds

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Schubert:
Complete Piano Trios

Sonatensatz, Piano Trio in B-flat Major for piano, violin and cello, D. 28;

Notturno, Piano trio in E-flat Major, D. 897, op. post. 148;

Piano trio No. 1 in B-flat, D. 898, Op. 99;

Piano Trio No. 2 in E-flat Major, D. 929, Op. 100;

2009 Juno Award Nominee

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Christos Hatzis: Constantinople

Vocalists: Patricia O'Callaghan
Maryem Hassan Tollar

2008 Juno Award Nominee
“The tango finale ... is irresistible, and was played with tremendous panache by the Trio.”
The Calgary Herald | Kenneth DeLong

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Shostakovich:
Complete Piano Trios

Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in C minor, Op. 8 by Dmitri Shostakovich;
Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in E minor, Op. 67 by Dmitri Shostakovich;
Songs 7) for Soprano, Violin, Cello and Piano, Op. 127 by Dmitri Shostakovich;
Postludium D‑S‑C‑H by Valentin Silvestrov

Soprano: Aline Kutan
2008 Juno Award Nominee
“...riveting performances.”
Toronto Star

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Mozart:
Complete Piano Trios

Divertimento for Piano, Violin and Cello in B flat major, K 254;
Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in G major, K 496;
Theme and Variations (5) in F major, K Anh. 138a;
Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in B flat major, K 502;
Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in E major, K 542;
Trio for Piano and Strings no 4 in C major, K 548;
Trio for Piano and Strings no 5 in G major, K 564: 3rd movement, Allegro;
Variations (6) for Piano in F major, K 54 (547b);
Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in G major, K 496: Allegretto non tanto
“...A pair of discs representing a first-class achievement in every way.”
David Hurwitz | ClassicsToday.com

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Canadian Premieres

Works by Kan Nin Chan, Christos Hatzis, Gary Kulesha, Kelly-Marie Murphy

2004 Juno Award Winner

“Toronto’s esteemed Gryphon Trio has a long-standing interest in Canadian repertoire that has not previously been represented in their recordings for the Analekta label. Here at last are four prominent examples of the Gryphon Trio’s most successful commissions.”
The Wholenote Magazine | May 2010 *****

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Beethoven

Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 1;
Piano Trio Op. 1 No. 3
“This is where an outstanding group such as the Gryphon Trio really comes into its own. Unshackled from the interpretative constraints of the nineteenth-century rhetorical tradition (as few twentieth-century artists were), they play with a compelling directness, spontaneity and free-flowing expressivity that has Beethoven’s muse emerging with the insatiable vitality of a young man flexing his creative muscles in public for the first time.”
International Record Review

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Mendelssohn/Lalo

Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in C minor, Op. 66 by Mendelssohn;
Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in A minor, Op. 26 by Lalo
“Cet excellent Trio canadien, don’t la violoniste, Annalee Patipatanakoon, fut laureate de notre CMIREB, confirme par ce troisieme CD les qualities de raffinement sonore et d’élegance de style qui en font l’une des toutes premiéres formations actuelles dans ce domaine.”
Crescendo Magazine | Belgium

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Mendelssohn/Dvorák

Trio for Piano no 4 in E minor, Op. 90/B 166 "Dumky";
Trio for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 49
“A more popular combination of piano trio repertory than this would be hard to contemplate, but these accomplished accounts by Canada’s Gryphon Trio are worthy competitors in the field…played with musical insight, technical accomplishment and passionate commitment.”
Strad Magazine

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Haydn: Piano Trios

Trio in C major, H 15 no 27
Trio in G minor, H 15 no 19
Trio in G major, H 15 no 25
Trio in A major, H 15 no 18
“The sound quality is positively crystalline, and the playing is bright, tight and totally engaging. Buy it. Now I admit I have a fondness for Haydn, but even so, this disc is a stand-alone.”
Culture Shock

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BANNER PHOTO CREDIT: John Beebe

The Gryphon Trio is one of the best ensembles in the world, consistently making music of rare excellence.

The Globe and Mail, Toronto

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