Inside Eugène Ysaÿe's String Trios
These neglected works are a rich and rewarding addition to the trio repertoire
Best known for his Six Sonatas for solo violin, Op. 27, a central part of the modern violin repertoire, violinist, composer, and conducter Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931) contributed little-known string trios that disclose how he explored and developed musical language, forms, counterpoint, and polyphonic part writing. Between 1914 and 1927, Ysaÿe composed three trios that helped bring the form to a new level. These trios—Trio for two violins and viola (“Le Londres”), Op. 19; Premier trio de concert (en une partie) for violin, viola, and cello (“Le Chimay”); and the 2ème trio for violin, viola and cello—have been neglected for decades, and remained unpublished when Ysaÿe died in 1931.
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