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Crusell - Clarinet Quartets (complete) | Brilliant Classics 93682

Crusell - Clarinet Quartets (complete)

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 93682

Barcode: 5028421936826

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 26th May 2008

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About

Crusell is a name known to every lover of clarinet music but it is his concertos for this instrument that are well-loved and well–known. These compositions rank among the best written for the instrument. But who has heard chamber music by this most significant Finnish composer of the Classical period, who, not surprisingly, was a clarinettist himself?

Among his many activities, Dutch clarinettist Henk de Graaf is always on the look-out for lesser-known repertoire, such as the five clarinet concertos by Johann Melchior Molter previously recorded.

On this CD, De Graaf presents three quartets for clarinet and strings by Bernhard Crusell. Not much is know about the genesis of these pieces. The earliest reference dates from 1803, when Crusell was 28, the year he travelled to France from his residential Stockholm, where he would be a court musician for the rest of his life.

Crusell’s musical style conforms to the ‘Viennese Classicism’, combined with traces of French opera - repertoire he must have played with the court orchestra. Unlike his concertos, these quartets are not really demanding for the performers. However, they still are delightful pieces to listen to.

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