Klarinet Archive - Posting 000539.txt from 1997/04

From: Gary Young <gyoung@-----.com>
Subj: RE: Brahms Clarinet Quintet on CD?
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 10:46:46 -0400

Noreen--

Here's a copy of a response I sent a while ago to a similar inquiry re the
Mozart quintet; it lists three good recordings of the Brahms.

"Of recent performances I like Harold Wright, a beautiful musician, on
Philips 442 149-2 (with Brahms Quintet). Reginald Kell is now represented
by two recordings, one from 1945 on Testament SBT 1007 (also has Trio and
Concerto), and a luscious one from 1958 with the much underrated Fine Arts
Quartet, now reissued on Boston Skyline BSD 135 (with the Brahms). Also
fascinating is Charles Draper's 1928 recording with the Lener Quartet,
reissued on Pearl GEMM CD 9903 (with the Brahms). (These are all on CD.)
If you buy only one, I say buy Kell and the Fine Arts, Kell's "mannerisms"
notwithstanding."

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From: Noreen Dertinger[SMTP:Noreen_Dertinger@-----.com]
Subject: Brahms Clarinet Quintet on CD?

...In general, what CDs of the Brahms Clarinet Quintet
would people recommend?