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...The Capital Trio plays throughout with clarity, precision and manifest musicality… This is a disc [A Book of Hours, Albany records 2011] that I shall enjoy repeatedly.”
--Fanfare Magazine
“The performances of both works are accurate and clear, and suggest that the players are as good-humored as the music.”
--Albany Times Union
The Capital Trio came together in 1997 for a concert commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the death of Brahms. Since that time they have performed in New England, New York, the Midwest, the South, and in Europe. They have participated in Summer Festivals in Maine and Michigan and held university residencies at Williams College, Long Island University, Bates College, SUNY Oswego, and Clark University.
Their recording A Book of Hours, music of William Matthews, was released on Albany Records in 2010 (TROY 1239), and their second recording for Albany Records, music of David Walther, came out this past summer (TROY 1428). The piano trio from this recording called The Other Way! will have its world premier at concerts this fall, including performances in Ohio, West Virginia, New York, and Boston. The Capital Trio has been chamber ensemble in residence at the University at Albany since 2008.