Frederick Thurston (clarinet)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, one of his last works, was completed in October 1791, two days before the production of The Magic Flute. Like the Clarinet Quintet and the Trio for clarinet, viola, and piano, it was written for Anton Stadler, a celebrated virtuoso of those days. Graceful, brilliant, and wonderfully melodious, the work possesses something of the mellow beauty of autumn. Harold Rutland