Mozart: String Quintets KV516 & 515, Clarinet Quintet KV581

The playing is all one could wish for Clarinettist Bohuslav Zahradnik's vivid phrasing and aromatic timbre achieve a blend with the darkly focused strings that might be akind to a plash of cilantro atop goose-liver pâté. Add an excellent engineering, and you have a Mozart Quintet CD that takes its rightful place alongside memorable versions from the Budapest and Danish Quartets. A heavenly bargain, not to be passed up!