Klarinet Archive - Posting 000688.txt from 1996/10

From: Ward Cheney <cheney@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Quintets of Mozart and Brahms
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 01:39:43 -0500

cHI "Honky-tonk" man has written as follows:
>
> For the Brahms, only two recordings cut it for me.
> Yona Etlinger and the Tel-Aviv Quartet way back in the day
> and
> Mitchell Lurie's recording.
> Those two are amazing!
>
>
> > I know Sabine Meyer has recorded both pieces. Karl Leister, Reginald Kell
and
> > Harold Wright also come to mind. Good luck.
> >
> > Greg Baker
> >
>
> "Ah, you cannot imagine the sound of
> a symphony without the clarinets..."
> W. A. Mozart

A marvelous performance of the Brahms Quintet was recorded by George
Silfies in 1977: Vox/Turnabout Series, TVC 37000.
Ward Cheney (cheney@-----.edu)