The harpsichordist Elaine Comparone joins two longtime colleagues, the violinist Robert Zubrycki and the cellist Peter Seidenberg, to perform four of Haydn’s trios (including No. 19 in G Minor and No.

Two contrasting, excellent performances of Haydn trios -- the first, a couple of Sundays ago by the Esterhazy Machine; the other, this past Friday by the Mendelssohn Piano Trio -- offer a vivid lesson ...

Sometimes even great composers don’t quite hit the mark the first time around. Haydn’s early piano trios, as engaging as they are, essentially are piano solos accompanied by cello and violin.

Joseph Haydn died 200 years ago Sunday. He was, by any measure, a prolific composer. In addition to the five dozen or so string quartets, he wrote hundreds of trios, piano sonatas, oratorios, masses, ...