This Austrian composer Friedrich Cerha is very significant in the field of contemporary music. In June of this year he is being awarded the Ernst-von-Siemens-Musikpreis (endowed with 200,000 Euro). Here we have the opportunity to hear his clarinet works performed by the virtuoso artist Andreas Schablis.
June 2012
“That [the Clarinet Quintet] makes so favourable an impression derives in no small measure to [sic] the commitment of the Hugo Wolf Quartett and Andreas Schablas, the latter's keen and expressive tone being equally to the fore in the other two works with members of the Arcus Ensemble Wien...An absorbing listen, of which the only proviso might be its short duration.”
