A lasting love affair with the clarinet amongst composers from the dawn until the dusk of the Romantic era (i.e. from Schubert to Strauss) is the key takeaway of this Signum release. In recognition, a trio of leading British soloists – clarinetist Julian Bliss, soprano Ailish Tynan and pianist Christopher Glynn – perform a sumptuous selection of the era’s chamber music by Brahms, Chopin, Schubert, Schumann and Richard Strauss. The program is centered around Schubert’s iconic The Shepherd on the Rock, virtually the final complete work that Schubert composed before his tragic death in 1828, age 31.
