Hans Weisse Clarinet Quintet

[Droosbury]

It having been on a wants list for a few years, I finally bought the MDG CD of Hans Weisse chamber works - his Clarinet Quintet and Clarinet Sonata, both from the 1920s. I don't recall seeing anything about him here and he really is properly Unsung: there doesn't seem to be a lot known about his compositional output, but he is well known as a student of Schenker and a leading exponent of Schenkerian analysis which he introduced into America from 1930 onwards. He was born into Jewish family in Vienna in 1892. What I can say is the Quintet, in particular, is a lovely work in a late Brahmsian mould, at 43 minutes long, a major composition. I recommend.


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hans-Weisse-Clarinet-Quintet-Sonata/dp/B07FSWS47B