Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Maria von Weber
Performer: Julian Bliss, Carducci String Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Catalogue: SIGCD552
Release: 2018
Size: 1.02 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op. 34, J182
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Fantasia – Adagio ma non troppo
03. III. Minuetto Capriccio – Presto
04. IV. Rondo – Allegro giocoso
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Larghetto
07. III. Menuetto – Trio I – Trio II
08. IV. Allegretto con Variazioni
Julian Bliss joins the Carducci String Quartet in performances of two seminal works – Weber’s Clarinet Quintet in B flat Major, Op. 34 and Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581.
Both Mozart and Weber were inspired by the artisty of performers of their day (Anton Stadler in Mozar’st case, and Heinrich Baermann in Weber’s). Their technical prowess, tonal quality and imaginative range allowed each composer to expand the clarinet repertoire with these works, which remain pre-eminent in the genre.