Benny Goodman, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch - Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Clarinet Quintet K.581 (2010)

The King made this recording of Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in July 1956 with the Boston Symphony String Quartet at the Berkshire Music Festival in Tanglewood (Massachusetts). The members of the string quartet were drawn from the Boston Symphony Orchestra. On the same occasion Benny Goodman recorded Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch. These original RCA recordings serve as a testament to the musicianship of Goodman and are a historical treasure as well as some great music-making. « [The recordings] reconfirm that Benny Goodman, for all his jazz experience, remained a superb classical clarinetist as well…. This is a must for Goodman fans and nostalgia buffs » (American Record Guide, December 1997)