Beethoven Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1 No. 2 Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50 Members of the Oxford Philharmonic Marios Papadopoulos piano Tchaikovsky once dismissed the combination of piano, violin and cello as unworkable. But when his friend and mentor Nikolai Rubinstein died, Tchaikovsky changed tack dramatically. In Rubinstein’s memory, a piano trio of …

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Tchaikovsky Polonaise and Waltz from Eugene Onegin, Op. 24* Side-by-Side Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 Lise de la Salle piano Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey conductor* Marios Papadopoulos conductor There’s a reason Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 is the most popular work of its kind ever written. From lonely chords, this …

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