Due to a differing timbre, the viola receives its own voice in Carter's String Trio, which features the instrument prominently throughout the work. / Violon, Alto Et Violoncelle

Gondole for for String Trio by Bent Sørensen (2010). Commissioned by Trio Aristos with support from Statens Kunstfond The Danish Arts Foundation. Parts: WH31269A

The first part of Gorecki's remarkable cycle Genesis is a gritty and unforgiving exploration of pure sound and sonority. The strings are treated to a huge variety of effects and techniques including tremolandi glissandi bridge bowing and de-tuning. This approach creates an ever changing and fluctuating timbral journey that has more in common with the Fluxus school Gerard Grisey or even Edgard Varese than with the seminal Symphony of SorrowfulSongs. Music of the very elements themselves.

from the Old Viennese dance tunes-Apart from the collection of 'Classical Manuscripts' composed by Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) and passed off by him as transcriptions of movements by old masters the violonist published original works very early. Kreisler himself liked to play them as encore pieces sweetening many a concert with such pieces of 'musical confectionary'. The most famous miniatures are undoubtedly 'Love's Joy' and 'Love's Sorrow' two 'old Viennese dance-tunes' in which Kreisler evoked the coffee-house atmosphere of his home town with wonderful melodies and beguiling harmonies. The miniatures are endearing lively and catchy yet with an elegiac air but full of charm and elegance. Thesemagnificent salon pieces are now available in an arrangement for string trio by Wolfgang Birtel.

Piccola Musica is written for string trio and consists of five short movements independent of each other apart from the ‘tie-up’ between numbers I and V. The texture is in the main contrapuntal though less consistentlyso than in Maconchy Quartets and the mood is more relaxed.The five ‘piccoli movimenti’ are: I Allegro moderato II Andante III Moderato IV Poco lento V Allegro moderato- meno mosso-allegro moderato: in its end is itsbeginning.