COMPOSERS: Brahms,Mozart
LABELS: Eloquence
WORKS: Clarinet Quintets; plus Baermann: Adagio
PERFORMER: Boskovsky (clarinet); Vienna Octet
CATALOGUE NO: 480 3795
Mono recording and claustrophobic acoustics are a high price to pay for the polished suavity of Alfred Boskovsky, clarinet, and his brother Willi’s quartet. Baermann, once mis-attributed unbelievably to Wagner (though nearer Bellini), is a delightful curio. George Pratt