Trio in A minor, Op. 114, for clarinet, cello, and piano played by Stephen Waters (clarinet); Antonia Butler (cello) ; Kathleen Markwell
(piano)
Brahms wrote his Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano, like his Clarinet Quintet and clarinet sonatas, for the clarinettist, Miihlfeld, of von Billow's famous Meiningen Orchestra.
Though rarely heard, it is a fine work in the composer's later compressed style. It is said that Brahms intended the opening theme for that of a fifth symphony.