Album

For listeners who wish there were more pieces in the world like Brahms' Horn Trio, this is the disc is for you. Called Carl Reinecke and Friends: Chamber Music of the Romantic Era, it delivers four very tasty pieces of nineteenth century German chamber music featuring either horn or clarinet or both. And while neither Carl Reinecke nor Norbert Burgmüller are household names among even the most knowledgeable listeners, their works on this disc are almost but not quite in the same league as Robert Schumann and Felix Mendelssohn. Reinecke's Trio for clarinet, horn, and piano is a warmly evocative work. Burgmüller's Duo for clarinet and piano is a sweetly lyrical work, and, although the harmonies are richer in Schumann's Three Romances for horn and piano and the melodies are more memorable in Mendelssohn's three pieces for clarinet, horn, and piano, all four works on this disc taken together form a wonderfully coherent program. The playing is entirely first-rate. Clarinetist James Campbell has a round tone and a supple technique. Hornist James Sommerville has a heroic tone and a graceful technique. Both pianists, Rena Sharon in the Reinecke and Stéphan Sylvestre in everything else, are more than capable accompanist with the big, rich keyboard sound that the music demands. Marquis' sound is clear and deep.

© James Leonard, Rovi

CD 1
Carl Reinecke Composer Trio for piano, clarinet & horn in Bb, Op.274 Work 26:12 James Campbell Clarinet, Rena Sharon Piano, James Sommerville Horn
1	1.Allegro	7:45			$1.49
2	2.A tale: Andante	5:52			$0.99
3	3.Scherzo: Allegro	5:37			$0.99
4	4.Finale: Allegro	6:58			$0.99
Norbert Burgmüller Composer Duo for Clarinet and Piano in Eb, Op.15 Work 11:09 James Campbell Clarinet, Stéphan Sylvestre Piano
5	1.Allegro	3:06			$0.99
6	2.Larghetto	4:20			$0.99
7	3.Allegro	3:43			$0.99
Robert Alexander Schumann Composer 3 Romances, for oboe and piano, Op.94...3 Romances, for oboe and piano, Op.94 (arr. horn and piano) Work 12:14 James Campbell Clarinet, Stéphan Sylvestre Piano, James Sommerville Horn
8	1.Nicht schnell	3:29			$0.99
9	2.Einfach innig	4:17			$0.99
10	2.Einfach innig	4:28			$0.99
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Composer 6 Preludes and Fugues, Op.35 Work James Campbell Clarinet, Stéphan Sylvestre Piano, James Sommerville Horn
11	4a.Prelude in Ab	3:34			$0.99
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Composer Songs without Words, Book 4, Op.53 Work James Campbell Clarinet, Stéphan Sylvestre Piano, James Sommerville Horn
12	2.Allegro non troppo in Eb	2:11			$0.99
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Composer Songs without Words, Book 3, Op.38 Work James Campbell Clarinet, Stéphan Sylvestre Piano, James Sommerville Horn
13	6.Duetto: Andante con moto in Ab (arr. clarinet, horn, and piano)	3:03			$0.99