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Background: Arthur Bliss belongs to the generation of English composers who came to maturity in the years between the two World Wars. The composer himself described the powerful Second String Quartet as 'the most substantial chamber work that I had attempted'. The Clarinet Quintet is one of Bliss's finest achievements.

The clarinet was the instrument of Bliss's brother Kennard, who had been killed in the First World War. As the quintet was the next work to be composed after Morning Heroes, Bliss's overtly public requiem for his beloved brother, it is possible to view it as a further expression of his loss. For sheer beauty the opening solo cantilena must rank among the most memorable in twentieth-century chamber music.

CATALOGUE NR: 8557394
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 4.88 including VAT, or £ 4.15 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-2004

COMPOSER: Arthur Bliss
TRACKS: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings T50. String Quartet No.2 T70.
ARTISTS: Maggini Qt   David Campbell    

- Feb-2005 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star 'these are totally dedicated performances, concentrated in feeling and expertly finished…A valuable and in every way distinguished release, and an essential issue for admirers of the composer'

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