M Haydn: Serenade

If you thought Mozart’s Salzburg serenades were big works, then check out this extravaganza in nine movements, lasting just about an hour. Composed in 1764

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Mozart: Haffner Serenade, etc.

This 1976 Haffner Serenade recording highlights the Prague Chamber Orchestra’s attractive and uniquely Czech sonic qualities, including gorgeous woodwind tone and ideal ensemble balance that

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Krammar-Krommer: Clarinet concertos

Czech composer František Vincenc Kramár-Krommer (1759-1831), along with contemporaries Mozart, Stamitz, Spohr, and Weber, wrote important works for clarinet and orchestra. Kramár-Krommer’s Clarinet Concerto neatly

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