Clarinet Quintets by Strässer & Marteau from Sterling

[Alan Howe]

Surely a ravishing CD is in prospect here...
http://www.sterlingcd.com/catalogue/cda1683.html

[petershott@btinternet.com]

Ooooh! Many thanks, Alan. One to be pursued with considerable interest.

[eschiss1]

Oh, I like this. Two composers I like a lot, and I've seen the Strässer quintet though not yet heard it. Thanks!

[Mark Thomas]

Ah, a potential gem. I met Stephan Siegentahler  a couple of years ago and he is absolutely committed to expanding the recorded romantic clarinet repertoire.

[JimL]

Ah, a potential gem. I met Stephan Siegentahler  a couple of years ago and he is absolutely committed to expanding the recorded romantic clarinet repertoire.

Great!  Maybe he can do the Rietz concerto!

[Mark Thomas]

Here's Stephan's website if you'd like to ask him direct.

[eschiss1]

The Rietz concerto has been recorded, though not very often and a new recording would be a good idea (I seem to recall having heard it).

(There are clarinet quintets by Krehl (in A, pub.1902, republished 1997) and Täglichsbeck (in B♭, pub.1863) that look interesting... Krehl's string quartet sounds good enough that I'd like to hear the quintet (actually, now that I look, there does seem to have been a recording of it on K617- "Les deux quintettes avec clarinette dédiés à Richard Mühlfeld"- oh. Erm. Never mind, then...)