Quintette Stadler - Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet Op.115; Stephan Krehl: Clarinet Quintet Op.19 (1998)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 302 Mb | Total time: 66:45 | Scans included
Classical | Label: K617 Records | # K617084 | Recorded: 1998
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 302 Mb | Total time: 66:45 | Scans included
Classical | Label: K617 Records | # K617084 | Recorded: 1998
Brahms' Clarinet Quintet is a cornerstone of late Romantic chamber music, and this is the only period interpretation of the work using period instruments curently available. Jean Claude Veilhan plays a late C19th clarinet with a fine mellow sound that is more refined than a classical instrument but still more delicate than a modern one would sound. He is well supported by the string players (members of Quatour Turner who record for Harmonia Mundi), who use gut strings and a historically correct technique, ie:- they aim for a transparent sound with limited vibrato.