Ensemble Kheops - Brahms Berg & ZemlinskyFor it's second recording for Cypres, Kheops Ensemble immerses us in works that give pride of place to the clarinet, an instrument whose expressive possibilities fascinated the most original creators in the Habsburg capital at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. Brahms's Trio op. 114, dominated by autumnal colors, is an end of life work, imbued with a form of renunciation and resignation. The Four Pieces op. 5, dedicated to the master Schnberg,

again in interpretations by Laurent Albrecht Breuninger

16 in E Flat Major

and a distinguished cast

The enclosed 20-song CD boasts more scarce items: the exciting saxophone-overdubbed versions of Mean Little Mama and Problem Child

light Hammond organ and honky-tonk piano

To this day the 24 Caprices are still considered the bible of violin technique

never look directly in a cat's eyes

Negah Santos and Somi

Produced by Derrick Hodge

Flying High is the embodiment of that smoked-out

Although the opera's radical style was perceived as highly unusual

The artists are using period instruments