Klarinet Archive - Posting 000552.txt from 1997/04

From: fgarcia@-----.edu (Frank Garcia)
Subj: RE: Brahms Clarinet Quintet on CD?
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 10:46:58 -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."
>
I believe all of these recommendations are excellent. I would add one more
to this list of wonderful recordings, Karl Leister and the Amadeus Quartet.
The last time I checked it was still available as a multiple cd set of
Brahm's chamber music. Another recording worth investigating (although I
have not heard it) is the Mitchell Lurie recording. I heard Lurie play the
2nd movement at a memorial concert and it was stunning! Anyone know this
recording. Opinions?

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Frank Garcia fgarcia@-----.edu
Clarinet Instructor (715)394-8115
University of Wisconsin-Superior
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