Piano Trio No. 2

Piano Trio No. 2 (Mendelssohn)

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Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 was composed and published in 1845. The work is scored for a standard piano trio consisting of violin, cello and piano. Mendelssohn dedicated the work to the violinist Louis Spohr, who played through the piece with the composer at least once.

Movements

The trio has four movements:

Allegro energico e con fuoco
Andante espressivo
Scherzo: Molto allegro quasi presto
Finale: Allegro appassionato

A typical performance lasts just under 30 minutes.

A notable feature of the finale of this work is its quotation of the melody of a chorale taken from the sixteenth-century Genevan psalter 'Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit'. The opening theme of the finale was adopted by Brahms for the Scherzo of his third piano sonata, Op. 5.

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v · d · eChamber music by Felix Mendelssohn

String quartets	String Quartet No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 12 · String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 · String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44, No. 1 · String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2 · String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 44, No. 3 · String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80 · Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81 · String Quartet in E flat major (1823)

String quintets and octets	String Quintet No. 1 in A major, Op. 18 · String Quintet No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 87 · Octet in E flat major, Op. 20

String sonatas	Cello Sonata No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 45 · Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58 · Viola Sonata in C minor (1823-4) · Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4 · Violin Sonata in F major (1820) · Violin Sonata in F major (1838)

Piano trios, quartets and sextets	Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 · Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66 · Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 1 · Piano Quartet No. 2 in F minor, Op. 2 · Piano Quartet No. 3 in B minor, Op. 3 · Piano Quartet in D minor (1821) · Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 110

Works for clarinet	Clarinet Sonata in E flat major (1824) · Concert Piece No. 1 in F minor, Op. 113 · Concert Piece No. 2 in D minor, Op. 114

List of compositions by Felix Mendelssohn

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