Two slimmer works of Austro-German chamber repertoire – Mozart’s popular ‘Kegelstatt’ (Skittles) Trio and Weber’s lesser known but quite virtuoso, Flute Trio, preface Brahms’s magnificent Horn Trio on these rare L’Oiseau-Lyre recordings from The Melos Ensemble. All represent first releases on CD.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Trio for Clarinet, Viola & Piano in E flat major, K498 ‘Kegelstatt’
CARL MARIA VON WEBER
Trio for Flute, Cello & Piano in G minor, Op. 63
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Horn Trio in E flat major, Op. 40
Melos Ensemble of London
‘(Mozart) …a very satisfying performance of the Mozart Clarinet Trio… warranting the very strongest recommendation’ Gramophone
‘(Weber) … when it is played as beautifully as it is here it will certainly find admirers’ Gramophone