Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, J182 Op 34 (Weber)
from Weber: Chamber Music (CDA67464)
1 Allegro [10'55]
2 Fantastia: Adagio [5'39]
3 Menuetto: Capriccio [5'36]
4 Rondo: Allegro giojoso [6'31]
28 minutes 41 seconds 4 tracks
‘The talented members of the pan-European Gaudier Ensemble are perfectly equipped to convey these different aspects of Weber's musical personality … With a top-quality recording, this is a disc w ...
‘The Gaudier's performances are thoroughly enjoyable: gracefully shaped, rhythmically exuberant and relishing the music's sense of fun. In the Clarinet Quintet, Richard Hosford negotiates his pirouett ...
‘Richard Hosford is the ideal soloist here, supple and silky, with beautiful tone: and his intensely delicate, only-just-audible pianissimi in the slow movement are a joy to hear … the wor ...