Eddy Vanoosthuyse – Hoffmeister: 6 Clarinet Quartets (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:24 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Classical
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Hoffmeister’s oeuvre is quite an extensive catalogue with a remarkable number of works for flute. Several flute concertos and numerous chamber line-ups in which the flute predominates, are at the forefront. Since the flute was very popular at the time, not only the composer but also the publisher in Hoffmeister prospered. The quality of his music was high, and Hoffmeister became one of the best-known composers of his time. With nine operas, all performed scenically in the prominent Viennese theatres, he did better than many others. Schubert, for instance, could never attend a performance of one of his own operas during his lifetime.
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Eddy Vanoosthuyse & Zemlinsky Quartet – Mozart: Chamber Music with Clarinet (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:08:41 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
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Clarinet player Eddy Vanoosthuyse is joined by the renowned Czech Zemlinsky Quartet exhibiting a refreshing point of view on Mozart’s repertoire for clarinet and string ensemble.
All things Mozart have been said and done, you’d think. Well, nothing could be further from the truth. On a daily basis new findings are added to the research portfolio, not only with regards to the famous Salzburgian’s life hasn’t that been dissected to death? but also about each and every one of his compositions, continuously getting reframed, analysed and compared. The exegesis of the Mozartverse is a full-time job to many. The works on this recording alone raise a bunch of questions of which several remain unanswered.
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