CESARE PUGNI (1802-1870): Clarinet Quartets in E Flat, Op. 2, in A Minor, Op. 3 and in B Flat, Op. 4.

Description: Pugni is known for his dozens of ballet scores composed during a career whose two longest stops were London and St. Petersburg, where he died. These are presumably early works and, in their concentration on melody and lyricism at the expense of virtuosity, may have been intended for an amateur acquaintance. Luigi Magistrelli (clarinet), Italian Classical Consort.