
Of the two Anton Rubinstein chamber works featured on this disc, I find the Op. 9 Octet from his student years more interesting and original
This disc contains all of Felix Mendelssohn’s chamber music for clarinet, which turns out to be only three pieces: Concert Piece for Clarinet, Basset Horn,
While recordings of Telemann’s orchestral overtures are not that uncommon, programs devoted exclusively to the overtures he scored for wind quintet are. One reason is
As part of its ongoing Dieter Klöcker edition CPO has licensed this 1974 EMI Consortium Classicum recording of Franz Joseph Haydn’s 6 Notturni, written for
Harsh, edgy sound strips this remastered 1974 recording of desirable warmth and seriously impairs its rating on the ear-friendliness scale. It’s not unlistenable by any
Dieter Klöcker, premier clarinetist and eminent scholar, has brought to light three little-known works by Ignaz Pleyel that are best described by Mozart’s own words
Dieter Klöcker leads his Consortium Classicum in a lovely, lively performance of Schubert’s Octet, one that gives the work’s poignant moments their due, while scrimping
These are two stunning major works by a composer who is gradually gaining recognition as a master of his craft. There’s a reason that Anton