February 15, 2019

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Pianist Eugene Istomin, violinist Isaac Stern, and cellist Leonard Rose got together in the 1950s to form one of the 20th century’s most influential piano trios. After their official launch in 1961, Istomin-Stern-Rose toured extensively and recorded, among other works, the complete trios of Beethoven and Brahms. This morning we sampled this unique threesome of musicians in the trio repertoire of another composer.  Who was that composer?