Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence

Delight in the musical journey of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Clarinet Quintet as it ebbs, flows and positively glows! It is said that Charles Villier Stanford once remarked to his students that, after the brilliance of the Clarinet Quintet by Johannes Brahms, no one would be able to compose another clarinet quintet that did not mimic Brahms’ style. The young Coleridge-Taylor quickly accepted this challenge and undoubtedly succeeded. Reflective and...