Various Artists - Clarinet Classics at RiversdalRobert DiLutis and the Mellifera Quartet give sparkling performances of beloved classics such as Weber's Clarinet Quintet along with delightful but lesser known works such as Erland von Koch's Monolog 3 for Solo Clarinet and Heinrich Joseph Baermann's Adagio for Clarinet and Strings (known for decades as "Wagner's Adagio.") DiLutis describes the Weber Quintet as "a dream come true for clarinetists," and that description could well apply to the other

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The employment of the fortepiano for these sonatas hopefully sheds new light on these pieces

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