Released 15 April 2016

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Julian Bliss and the Carducci Quartet pair two highly contrasting works – Johannes Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet and David Bruce’s Gumboots.

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Bruce’s piece pivots on the contrast between its elegaic first movement and the five dances that follow it, and Bliss and the Carduccis relish the expressive variety – The Times

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Clarinettist Julian Bliss and the Carducci Quartet are mot sensitive and elegaic – Financial Times

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[Bliss] flits seamlessly between regular and bass clarinet. The finale’s joyous barrage could almost be out of a Falla ballet – The Guardian

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Here’s a double delight. First, an engaging new work that deserves a place in the Chamber repertory; second, a passionate account of Brahms’ Clarinet Quintet which can hold its head high against starrier competition – Gramophone