Clarinet Trio in A minor played by Pat Ryan (clarinet)
Leonard Baker (cello) Albert Hardie (piano)
The last of Brahms's trios was Op. 114, in A minor, for piano, clarinet, and cello. It was the first of a group of magnificent chamber works, consisting of the Clarinet Quintet and the two Sonatas for clarinet and piano, written expressly for the celebrated clarinettist, Richard Miihlfeld , of von Billow's Meiningen Orchestra. The instrumental colouring in this trio is very fine indeed.