Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Quintet; Horn Quintet; Oboe Quartet (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble)

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Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• (01-04) Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581 - "Stadler"
• (05-07) Horn Quintet in E flat major, K. 407 (K. 386c)
• (08-10) Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370 (K. 368b)

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Antony Pay, clarinet
Timothy Brown, horn
Neil Black, oboe
Iona Brown, violin
Malcolm Latchen, violin II
Stephen Shingles, viola
Anthony Jenkins, viola II
Denis Vigay, cello

Date: 1979
Label: Philips

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Review

"... The performance of the Clarinet Quintet is on the romantic side tempo-wise and tonally, though not excessively so. Antony Pay makes a beautiful and expressive sound, not least in the Larghetto and the slow variation in the finale; only the slightly close recording detracts from delicacy. Timothy Brown is skilful and sensitive in the Horn Quintet and if his instrument seems placed a little forwardly, perhaps one should point out that it naturally has more weight than the strings. The Oboe Quartet is less than half as long as the one for clarinet, but the music is attractive and Neil Black plays it with intelligence as well as the firm, rich tone for which he is famous: this is the best performance among these three works, with an especially eloquent Adagio."

-- Christopher Headington, Gramophone

More reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Clarinet-Quintet-Academy-Ensemble/dp/B00000411T

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 in Salzburg – 5 December 1791 in Vienna) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. Till his death in Vienna, he composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music. Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers, and his influence is profound on subsequent Western art music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

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