MOZART - Clarinet Quintet (Sealed) (LP)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major K. 581 - Leopold Wlach (cl) & the Vienna Konzerthaus Quartett. This is in almost every way a fine performance of the limpid work. The tempos are well chosen, the style is a very reasonably Mozartian one. The balance is well-adjusted throughout; save just at one place during the beautiful playing of the slow move-ment, when we could usefully have heard a little more of the first violin’s decorative passages. And Leopold Wlach is a masterly clarinet player; he plays ... with beautiful tone and sensitivity, coupling them with perfect intonation and faultlessly smooth technique. - Gramophone. Recording: in mono