Flight of the Bumblebee

This week your free download features clarinettist Martin Fröst and mezzo-soprano Malena Emman in an exhilarating performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee (BIS SACD-1823). The track is from Fröst's latest disc of encores that he's performed over the last decade.

'Obviously a must for clarinettists,' writes Anthony Burton in the November issue of BBC Music Magazine, on sale 30 October, 'but other performers, and listeners too, will enjoy this demonstration of what can be achieved with impeccable technique, a fertile imagination, and a light touch.

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