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Mozart - Quartets for piano and strings Nos 1 and 2, Quintet for clarinet and strings | Naxos - Historical 8111238

Mozart - Quartets for piano and strings Nos 1 and 2, Quintet for clarinet and strings

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Label: Naxos - Historical

Cat No: 8111238

Barcode: 0747313323821

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 2nd January 2007

Contents

Artists

George Szell (piano)
Benny Goodman (clarinet)
Budapest String Quartet

Works

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
Piano Quartet no.1 in G minor, K478
Piano Quartet no.2 in E flat major, K493

Artists

George Szell (piano)
Benny Goodman (clarinet)
Budapest String Quartet

About

This CD brings together three of the most popular chamber works by Mozart; the two melodic Piano Quartets are delightfully offset by the carefree ebullience of Benny Goodman’s interpretation of the Clarinet Quintet.
 
The recordings featured on this disc were, incidentally, the first recordings George Szell made in the United States, just before he assumed the directorship of the Cleveland Orchestra.  It is interesting to have Szell featured as an instrumental artist, rather than as a conductor.
 
Benny Goodman’s recording of the Clarinet Quintet, previously released on Victor, was much praised: “A performance which chases along nicely and cheerfully….Benny Goodman’s now classic performance of the Mozart Clarinet Quintet comes up well on reacquaintance, with an engaging simplicity”.

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