Without doubt, the most important chamber music work by Malats, and one of his finest compositions, is his Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B Flat Major. It was composed in 1898 and premiered on March 11 that year at the Ateneo in Madrid with the violinist Julio Francés and the cellist A. González in a concert dedicated exclusively to works by Malats.

Malats dedicated the Trio to one of the greatest composers of all time, Camille Saint-Saëns, close personal friend of both Malats and Grana...