This recording presents two works for the unusual combination of clarinet, cello and piano. Written at a time when many of Bruch’s contemporaries were experimenting with modernism, the Eight Pieces are thoroughly Romantic in style with glowing melodies and harmonies. As a pianist who occasionally played both the cello and the clarinet, d’Indy understood and wrote effectively for all three instruments. His Trio is a highly polished work that remained one of his particular favourites.