More Coincidences

Another coincidence thrown up by the next one off the shelf project. A few entries back, I considered the free cd I have just received from this month's edition of BBC Music magazine which was music from a chamber music festival in California. Now, the next off the shelf BBC freebie form six years ago also features music from a chamber Music festival in California, this time SummerFest La Jolla. even some of the players are the same. The two pieces featured on this disk are the Trio in E Flat K498 ( Kegelstatt ) by Mozart and Souvenir de Florence by Tchaikovsky. Mozart in a more serious mood than is often the case while this is one of Tchaikovsky's less angst ridden offerings. The trio is Todd Palmer, clarinet, Cynthia Phelps, viola and Wu Han, piano. The ensemble for Souvenir de Florence is Kyoko Takezawa and Benny Kim, violins, Lawrence Dutton and Paul Neubauer, violas, with David Finckel and Andres Diaz, cellos. Another of these covermount cd's that is well worthwhile in its' own right ( the quality does occasionally drop a little, especially when the BBC orchestras are involved )