Discography
The Young Richard Strauss
Piano Trio No. 2 in D major, Op. AV 53
Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13
Munich Piano Trio; Tilo Widenmeyer, viola (Genuin, 2018)
Robert Schumann
Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 80
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Munich Piano Trio; Tilo Widenmeyer, viola (Genuin, 2016)
Georg Schumann
Piano Quartet in F minor, Op. 29
Cello Sonata in E minor, Op. 19
Munich Piano Trio; Dietrich Cramer, viola
(cpo, 2014)
Piano Quintets (Inspired by Song)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Piano Quintet in C minor
Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major, D 667 (“The Trout”)
Live concert from the Cuvilliés-Theatre in Munich, July 10, 2013
Munich Piano Trio; Tilo Widenmeyer, viola – Alexander Rilling, double bass (Genuin, 2014)
Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101
Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Munich Piano Trio; Tilo Widenmeyer, viola (Genuin, 2012)
Georg Schumann
Piano Trio No. 1 in F major, Op. 25
Piano Trio No. 2 in F major, Op. 62
Munich Piano Trio (cpo, 2011)
Antonín Dvořák
Piano Trio in F minor, Op. 65
Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 (“Dumky”)
Munich Piano Trio (Genuin, 2010)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, Op. 3
Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 110
Munich Piano Trio; Tilo Widenmeyer, Viola – Ruth Elena Schindel, Viola – Alexander Rilling, Double Bass (Genuin, 2010)
Joseph Haydn
Scottish Songs, Hob. XXXIa: 20bis, 252, 163, 156
Trio in C major, Hob. XV: 27
Trio in G major, Hob. XV: 25 (“Gipsy”)
Six Original Canzonettas to poems by
Anne Hunter, Hob. XXIVa: 25-30
Munich Piano Trio; Julie Kaufmann, Soprano (Orfeo, 2009)
Astor Piazzolla
Tangos y Canciones
Munich Piano Trio; Ofelia Sala, Soprano (Genuin, 2008)
“Elegance and ease, musical perfection and a certain touch of tango mania, not to be captured in words, distinguish this disc.” Neue Musikzeitung
Johannes Brahms
Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8
Piano Trio in C major, Op. 87
Munich Piano Trio (Genuin, 2008)
“The trio’s repeatedly praised precision is audible: the razor-sharpness of every dynamic gradation and the melding of voices in lyrical passages create a truly ‘romantic’ Brahms.” Ensemble
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 49
Piano Trio in C minor, Op. 66
Munich Piano Trio (Genuin, 2008)
“The performers allow the two strings and the piano to melt into a homogenous entity – and savour the vocal arches of the works with relish … an inspired interpretation of this wonderful romantic chamber music.” CD Tip of NDR Kultur
“Under the hands of this ensemble, Mendelssohn’s trios become purely magical music, which casts a spell on its listeners from the outset.” Leipziger Stadtmagazin
Joseph Haydn
Scottish and Welsh Songs, Hob. XXXIa/b
Trio in E-flat major, Hob. XV: 36
Trio in A major, Hob. XV: 35
Six Original Canzonettas, Hob. XXXVIa: 31-36
Munich Piano Trio; James Taylor, Tenor (Orfeo, 2005)
Alberto Ginastera
Música da cámara y Canciones
Ofelia Sala, soprano – Donald Sulzen, piano – Henry Raudales, violin – Gerhard Zank, violoncello (Orfeo, 2005)
Songs and Cycles
Six Songs for High Voice (John Dryden,
Robert Browning)
Last Poems of Wallace Stevens
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Jack l’éventreur (Marie Laure)
Ode (Pierre de Ronsard)
Alleluia
Laura Aikin, Sopran – Nicola Jürgensen, Klarinette – Gerhard Zank, Violoncello – Donald Sulzen, Klavier (Orfeo, 2004)
Dmitri Schostakowitsch
Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8
Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
(in memoriam Iwan Sollertinski)
Seven Romances Op. 127 for soprano,
violin, violoncello and piano
(after poems by Alexander Blok)
Munich Piano Trio: Rudolf-Joachim Koeckert, Gerhard Zank, Hermann Lechler; Alla Ablaberdyeva, soprano (Orfeo, 1999)
George Enescu
Cello Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 26
Cello Sonata No. 2 in C major, Op. 26
Gerhard Zank, Violoncello – Donald Sulzen, piano (Arte Nova, 1998)
Louis Théodore Gouvy
Piano Trio No. 2 in A minor, Op. 18
Piano Trio No. 3 in B major, Op. 19
Munich Piano Trio: Rudolf-Joachim Koeckert, Gerhard Zank, Hermann Lechler (Orfeo, 1998)
Anton Arensky
Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32
Piano Trio No. 2 in F minor, Op. 73
Munich Piano Trio: Adrian Lazar, Gerhard Zank, Hermann Lechler (Profil 1992/2019)