Brahms: Clarinet Quintet; Clarinet Trio; Clarinet Sonatas

Wolfgang Boettcher (Performer), Karl Leister (Performer), Johannes Brahms (Composer), Ferenc Bognar (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Wolfgang Boettcher, Karl Leister, Ferenc Bognar
• Composer: Johannes Brahms
• Audio CD (April 10, 2007)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Brilliant Classics
• ASIN: B000NJM6KA
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #80,586 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115: Allegro

2. Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115: Andante - Piu lento

3. Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115: Andantino - Presto non assai, ma con sentimento

4. Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115: Con moto

5. Trio for clarinet (or viola), cello & piano in A minor, Op. 114: Allegro

6. Trio for clarinet (or viola), cello & piano in A minor, Op. 114: Adagio

7. Trio for clarinet (or viola), cello & piano in A minor, Op. 114: Andante grazioso

8. Trio for clarinet (or viola), cello & piano in A minor, Op. 114: Allegro

Disc: 2

1. Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1: Allegro appasionato

2. Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1: Andante un poco adagio

3. Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1: Allegretto grazioso

4. Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1: Vivace

5. Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2: Allegro amabile

6. Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2: Allegro appassionato

7. Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2: Andante con moto - Allegro

Customer Reviews

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A significant musical legacy of Brahms!, September 13, 2008

By	Hiram Gomez Pardo (Valencia, Venezuela) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

After Mozart, no other composer paid so devoted attention and creative effort like Brahms around the clarinet as soloist instrument into the chamber genre. (You may argue Von Weber made the attempt, but I think in this case the clarinet was employed with minor depth, remarking just pleasant tunes and enjoyable melodies but nothing else) And this statement seems to fit with the fact Mozart was the most beloved composer of the beloved son of Hamburg.

As I have referred in previous reviews, Brahms never felt himself more secure and comfortable in other genre like the chamber genre. Far from the well known pressures from the great audiences and critics in general, Brahms gave to his inspired creativeness the best he could to bring us these remarkable and many times overlooked chamber works.

To be true, these pieces are far from having that winged flight so typical in Mozart's similar compositions (like KV.581, or 498) for instance. Nevertheless, the dreaming rapture and the excel musicality that emanate and flow every time we listen them simply have not paragon.

In case you are not yet aware about these anthological chamber works, you certainly would be missing about a remarkable portion of the vast creative universe of Johannes Brahms. So don't let this album passes in front of you. Go for it, before other takes the initiative.