Brahms Clarinet Quintet Help

[hornteacher]

Looking for a great recording of this masterpiece of chamber music.  I have two conditions though to satisfy my picky quirks:

1) Must be DDD

2) Must be paired with another piece by Brahms.  Call me nutty but I can't stand it when CDs have selections from multiple composers on them.

Any suggestions?

[Bunny]

Looking for a great recording of this masterpiece of chamber music.  I have two conditions though to satisfy my picky quirks:

1) Must be DDD

2) Must be paired with another piece by Brahms.  Call me nutty but I can't stand it when CDs have selections from multiple composers on them.

Any suggestions?

Too bad.  The best recording of the quintet I have is paired with a clarinet quintet by Stephan Krehl.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

If it must be coupled with another Brahms work try this one with the fabulous Karl Leister on clarinet:

[facehugger]

i like emersons. impeccable warm playing

[hornteacher]

i like emersons. impeccable warm playing

If you're talking about the David Shifrin recording with the Emerson SQ, I like that one too.  Its coupled with the Mozart Quintet which in my opinion unfortunately features the strings more than the clarinet.

[Harry]

If it must be coupled with another Brahms work try this one with the fabulous Karl Leister on clarinet:

Yes I have it too, and I warmly recommend it!

[hornteacher]

Yes I have it too, and I warmly recommend it!

Okay thanks.  If you get a chance would you mind posting the times for each movement of the quintet?  Sometimes that helps me with tempo, repeats taken, etc.

[Que]

This is also with Karl Leister.
Don't know if it's DDDD - it is a modern recording anyway!

Q

[daPonte]

Brandis Quartet with Leister on Nimbus coupled with the excellent string quintet. You won't be disappointed.

[val]

My favorites:

Sabine Meyer wit the Alban Berg Quartet (EMI, including the String Quintet opus 111). DDD.

Leister with the Amadeus Quartet (with the two sextets, the two string quintets and the piano quintet). Splendid, but not a DDD recording.

And Reginald Kell with the Busch Quartet (with the Horn Trio): an historical version.

[carlos]

My favorites:
Leopold Wlach and the Vienna Konzerthaus Q.
Vladimir Sorokin and the Oistrakh SQ

[MishaK]

If it must be coupled with another Brahms work try this one with the fabulous Karl Leister on clarinet:

The Leipzigers are amazing. Their recording of the Bruckner quintet and quartet blows the competition away by a wide margin.

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

I have old mono recordings on vinyl from the early 50s that would shame many DDD recordings. I wouldn't get hung up on that if I were you.

The Wlach with the Vienna Konzerthaus quartet is wonderful, is is the 30s recording of Reginald Kell with the Busch Quartet. Give it a try! DDD, Schmeeedeeedeee! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0xnUmhivUg

[Octave]

Too bad.  The best recording of the quintet I have is paired with a clarinet quintet by Stephan Krehl.

I wonder if that's the disc by Jean-Claude Veilhan w/the Stadler Quartet (billed on that disc as 'Quintette Stadler')?  I don't have that one, but I do have another K617 disc with Mozart and Brahms clarinet quintets by that same (?) group, and I am wondering if the Brahms recording is the selfsame.  I think it's all period instruments, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.  I found it cheap at BRO, with both recordings (the Mozart and the Brahms) recommended by more than one GMGer.  I love this disc to death.

I just noticed that the title of the disc is "Two Great Autumn Quintets".

[Que]

I wonder if that's the disc by Jean-Claude Veilhan w/the Stadler Quartet (billed on that disc as 'Quintette Stadler')?  I don't have that one, but I do have another K617 disc with Mozart and Brahms clarinet quintets by that same (?) group, and I am wondering if the Brahms recording is the selfsame.  I think it's all period instruments, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.  I found it cheap at BRO, with both recordings (the Mozart and the Brahms) recommended by more than one GMGer.  I love this disc to death.

I just noticed that the title of the disc is "Two Great Autumn Quintets".

Yes, indeed the same recording - its first issue was coupled with the Krehl and the reissue was in the coupling with the Mozart.

I share your enthusiasm BTW - doesn't come any/much better than this.  And FYI: you haven't missed anything with the Krehl quintet.

Q

[Dancing Divertimentian]

The Leipzigers are amazing. Their recording of the Bruckner quintet and quartet blows the competition away by a wide margin.

Yes, I'm a big fan of the Leipzigers. I'm eager to dig in to the Haydn disc of theirs I just recently received.

[Herman]

I have gotten a little tired of the Leister domination of this work in the catalogue. How many tims has he recorded his piece  -  always with the same mellow, melancholy interpretation?

On a side note I would like to recommend Max Reger's clarinet quintet to you. In my view it is at least as good as the Brahms opus.

[Karl Henning]

The Groundhog Quintet

[Dancing Divertimentian]

I have gotten a little tired of the Leister domination of this work in the catalogue. How many tims has he recorded his piece  -  always with the same mellow, melancholy interpretation?

The best never get any rest.

[Geo Dude]

Yes, indeed the same recording - its first issue was coupled with the Krehl and the reissue was in the coupling with the Mozart.

I share your enthusiasm BTW - doesn't come any/much better than this.  And FYI: you haven't missed anything with the Krehl quintet.

Q

I would greatly appreciate if anyone had an Amazon link to this recording.