A clarinet-cello-piano trio is a chamber musical ensemble made up of one clarinet, one cello, and one piano, or the name of a piece written for such a group.
This formation is similar to the classical piano trio in which the violin is replaced by the clarinet. The heterogeneity of timbre between clarinet and cello prevents their use as a block against the piano, but it offers many other musical possibilities.
Long-lived trios (such as the Trio Montecino) are very rare, but the literature is performed by subsets of Pierrot lunaire and Quartet for the End of Time ensembles, such as Tashi, as well as by ad hoc groups.
The original repertoire for clarinet, cello and piano (by name of composer with date & publisher where known) includes:
James Aikman (b. 1959) Trio for Clarinet in B-Flat, 'Cello and Piano http://www.nonsequiturmusic.com/trio.htm
Johan F. Amberg (1846–1928)
Trio Op.11 in E flat
Fantasiestucke Op.12 (originally for viola clarinet piano)
Simul: Lumini, Sombri (2004) For Clarinet in La, Violoncello and Piano
Georges Aperghis (1945)
Trio (1996)
James Scott Balentine
The Graham Trio (1978)
Robert Baksa
Klavier Trio No. 1, Op.25 (1971)
Greg Bartholomew
Suite from Razumov (2003) [1]
Conrad Beck
Alternances
Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio No.4, Op. 11 in B flat
Trio Op. 38 (arrangement by the composer of the Septet Op.20)
Wilhelm Berger
Trio Op.94 in G (Kahnt 1905)
Günter Bialas
Moment musicaus III (1975-6)
John G. Bilotta
Petroushka Dreams (2006)
Adolphe Blanc
Trio Op. 23 in Bb major (1857)
Karl-Birger Blomdahl
Trio (1955)
Theodor Blumer
Suite (trio) Op.97 (Zimmerman, n.d.)
Johannes Brahms
Trio Op. 114 in A minor
Braunlich
Trio
Frederic Brooks
Trio, Op.12 in E flat (C. Woolhouse 1906)
Max Bruch
8 Pieces Op. 83 for clarinet and viola, arranged for piano trio by the composer and often performed with clarinet and cello [2] [3]
Ann Callaway
The Memory Palace (2007 Laureate Press, distr. BMM)
Friedrich Cerha
Fünf Stücke (1999/2000)
Gaetano Corticelli
3 Trios, Op.56, Op.60, Op.63
Robert Delanoff (1942- )
Trio
Armağan Durdağ (1981-)
Taylan (2015)
Pascal Dusapin
Trio Rombach, for piano, violin or clarinet and cello (1997)
Horst Ebenhöh
Trio Op.87 No.1 (1996)
Anton Eberl
Grand trio, Op.36 (1806)
Louise Farrenc
Trio Op. 44 in E flat (originally w/ vln.)
Benoit Constant Fauconier
Fantasie Convertante
Benjamin Frankel
Trio, Op.10 (1940)
Pezzi pianissimi, Op. 41 (1964)
Carl Frühling
Trio in A minor, Op. 40
Beat Furrer (b. 1954)
Aer (1991)
Daniel S. Godfrey
Impromptu (1984) (7', G. Schirmer)
Frederic Goossen (1927-2011)
Trio (1979, American Composers Alliance)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
Lerchenmusik, op. 53 (1984)
Harold Gramatges (b. 1918)
Trio (1944)
Christoph Graupner
in F major Clarinet / Cello / Cembalo (there is a trio, Gwv 201, for bassoon, chalumeau & continuo in C major)
C.H. Grovermann
Trio in B
Emil Hartmann
Serenade Op.24 in A
Alfred Hill
Miniature Trio No.1 in F
Gilad Hochman (b. 1982)
Shedun Fini - hommage to F. Schubert's Symphony in B minor
Vagn Holmboe
Trio Op. 137 (1978)
Eco Op. 186 (1991) (both W. Hansen)
Toshio Hosokawa
Vertical Time, Study I (1992)
Klaus Huber
Schattenblätter (1975) -uses Bass clarinet
Franz Hunten
Terzetto, Op.175
Vincent d'Indy
Trio Op. 29 in B flat
John Ireland
Clarinet Trio in D Major
Nikos Ioakeim (b. 1978)
When a B wants to Boogie-woogie But another B gets the Blues (2010; 8 minutes)
David Johnstone
Trio Sinfonico (pub.2007 Creighton's Collection)
Paul Juon
Four Trio Miniatures (1901) version of piano Trio in A minor op. 17 Op. 18, No.3, 6, & 7 originally for piano solo and Op.24, No.2 for piano four hands.
John Kaefer
Chamber Sonata No. 1: Shadow Voices [1994; 13 minutes]
Robert Kahn
Trio, Op. 45 in G (1906)
Trio Serenade Op. 73 (orig. Horn-oboe-piano; version D for Clarinet-cello-piano)
Harrison Kerr
Trio (1936)
Jan Koetsier
Trio, Op.13 No.2 (1937, rev. 1981 Donemus)
Kubizek
Trio Op.26a
Helmut Lachenmann
Allegro Sostenuto (1986-8) -clarinet doubling bass clarinet.
Heinrich Eduard Josef von Lannoy (1787-1853)
Trio in B flat major, Op.15
J. X. (Borrel) Lefevre
Sonatas No.2 and No.3
Kenneth Leighton
Fantasy on an American Hymn Tune, Op.70 (Novello, 1974)
Gerald Levinson (b. 1951)
Trio (Theodor Presser)
Jacques Lenot
Lied 3
Domenico Liverani
Terzettino dal Trovatore de Verdi
Charles Harford Lloyd (1849–1919)
Trio in B flat
Theo Loevendie
Lerchen Trio (1992, in memoriam Olivier Messiaen)
Ruggero Lolini
Trio Concertante (Bruzzichelli, Florence, 1979)
Bent Lorentzen
Mambo (1982, Edition Wilhelm Hansen)
François-Bernard Mâche
Brûlis (1999; 16 minutes)
Philippe Manoury
Ultima (1996; 12 minutes)
Krzysztof Meyer
Trio op. 90 (1998)
Stefan Meylaers (b. 1970)
Trio (2000, Lantro Music)
I. Montuno
Three Fantasies
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
Op. 26 — Fantasy Trio, for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (1969) Theodore Presser Co.
Per Nørgård
Spell (1973)
Trio, Op.15 (1955)
Lior Navok
Like a Whirling Sand-Clock
Frank Nuyts (b. 1957)
Bajadillas (2005; 11 minutes)
Parris
Trio
Pierre Poulteau
Sonatine
Günther Raphael
Trio, Op.70 (1950)
Ferdinand Ries
Trio Op. 28 in G (1810)
Wolfgang Rihm
Chiffre IV (1983) -Bass clarinet
Nino Rota
Trio (1973 Schott)
John Psathas
Island Songs, clarinet trio (1995)
Archduke Rudolph
Trio
Helmut Schmidinger (b. 1969)
Gesang zwischen den Stühlen (2001, Doblinger)
verse sind wohl für die Musick das unentbehrlichste (2013, Litmus)
Hermann Schroeder
3rd Piano Trio Op.43
Cyrill Schürch
Piano Trio No. 2
Cyril Scott
Trio (c.1955, Peters Ed. London)
Roberto Sierra
Tres fantasías
Robert Simpson
Trio
Fantisek Jan Skroup
Trio, Op.2 in E flat
Juan Maria Solare (1966-)
Milongas grecolatinas (2002)
Pensierosa (milonga para tres) (2003)
Sale con fritas (2005)
Ochenta diciembres (2008)
Starer
Trio
Eric Stokes (1930- )
Trio No.1 (1955, rev. 1963)
Martin Suckling
Visiones (after Goya) (2015)
Jay Sydeman
Trio Montagnana
Szunyogh
Trio Serenade
Marko Tajčević
7 Balkan Dances
Turok
Trio
Victor Urbancic (1903-1958)
Trio in A-Dur nach Art einer Serenade (1921, Iceland Music Information Center)
Karl Vollweiler
Fantasie on Russian Airs, Op.35 in D minor
Trio on Italian Themes, Op.15
Gwyneth Walker
Craftsbury Trio
Salem Reel
Robert Ward (1917-2013)
Echoes of America (1997, E.C.Schirmer)
Vally Weigl (1894-1982)
New England Suite (1953, American Composers Alliance)
Jörg Widmann
Nachtstück
John Woolrich
A Dramolet (2008 Faber Music)
Alexander Zemlinsky
Trio Op. 3 in D minor
Hermann Zilcher (see German article)
Trio in Form von Variationen a-moll op.90 für Klarinette, Violoncello und Klavier (1938)
Ramadan Zyberdi
Weaver Lass of Luma (Albanian Folk Song)
Sérgio Azevedo (1968- )
Berliner Trio (2004 AVA-Musical Editions)
Trio - in memoriam Constança Capdeville (2012 AVA-Musical Editions)
Steven Harry Markowitz (1963- )
Canonette for Piano, Clarinet, and Cello
In addition to this original repertoire, one can pick some pieces for clarinet-viola-piano trio or clarinet-violin-piano trio and replace the viola (violin) by the cello, or replace the violin by the clarinet in a classical Piano trio; cases where the composer has foreseen this possibility are listed above. Other substitutions are possible:
Franciszek Lessel
Grand Trio, Op. 4 (Clarinet, Horn, Piano)
Mikhail Glinka
Trio Pathetique for clarinet, bassoon and piano (1832, reprinted by Musica Rara as well as International Ed.)
Giovanni Bottesini
Gran Duo Concertante (version for clarinet, string bass and Piano)
Isang Yun
Rencontre (1986) for clarinet-cello-harp
The available repertoire has been expanded by transcribers (other than the composers, whose own transcriptions are listed under original repertoire above) as well:
Johannes Brahms (Rosenbloom)
Three Pieces (Op. 76 #5, Op. 76 #4; Op. 116, #7)
Anton Dvorak (Büsing)
Vier Legenden aus op.59 <Klar,Bassetthorn (or Vc), Pno>
Engelbert Humperdinck (Sandre)
Hänsel und Gretel (Auswahl) in einer Bearbeitung von Gustave Sandre (ca 1909)
Felix Mendelssohn-B., Felix (Päuler)
3 Stücke op.35 No.4, op.53 No.2, op.38 No.6
Robert Schumann (Büsing)
Bilder aus dem Osten op.66, 6 Impromptus <Klar,Bassetthr(Vc),Pno>.
