Klarinet Archive - Posting 000116.txt from 2011/08

From: Finn Jespersen <fj4800@-----.dk>
Subj: [kl] clarinet quintets
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:48:41 -0400


This mail is for those of us, who wants to expand our repertoire of cl.-5te=
ts beyond Mozart, Weber and Brahms. =

A little younger than Mozart, Andreas Romberg (1767-1821) has written a won=
derfull 5tet (op.57). Its on the market in two versions, one with two viola=
s and one with two violins (the normal 5tet). It=B4s recorded on Hyperion, =
CDA66479. On the same CD I=B4ve found a 5tet by austrian Robert Fuchs (1847=
-1927). It=B4s nice some places, but I can=B4t help feeling bored most of t=
he time. Thea King and The Britten String Quartet also plays "Two Fantasies=
", late works by C.V. Standford (1852-1924). Both are charming pieces, and=
the first should be playable by amateurs. =

More english 5tets: Herbert Howells "Rhapsodic Quintet, op.31, Arnold Cooke=
(1906-) Cl-Q, Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994) Cl-Q, and as earlier mentione=
d Benjamin Frankel (1906-1973) Cl-Q. And my favorite: Josef Holbrooke (1878=
-1958), Eilean Shona, a piece which takes less than 4 min. and which is ext=
remely beautifull (and perhaps a little to sweet for many?). It=B4s on the =
market i a cl-pno version too.

Lawson (in his book on Brahms 5tet) mentions a 5tet by Arthur Bliss as one =
of the best after Brahms. Can anybody confirm that statement?

And we should not forget Regers and Hindemiths 5tets. But both are a little=
to "closed" (I don=B4t know any better english word for my feeling) for m=
y taste. Are they therefore seldom heard? Maybe one shall play them to full=
y understand them?

Can anybody go on with more 5tets?

b.w. Finn

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