Clarinet Quintet, Op. 107 (1977)* 24:36

1. I. Allegro comodo 7:48
2. II. Lento – quasi allegretto 9:43
3. III. Poco adagio – allegro molto 7:05

Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 97 (1950) 20:28

4. I. Moderato assai 8:03
5. II. Andantino capriccioso 6:09
6. III. Tema con variazioni 6:16

Serenade for Clarinet, Violin and Cello, Op. 93 (1935)* 20:19

7. I. Cantabile 7:47
8. II. Burletta 3:58
9. III. Intermezzo 3:06
10. IV. Giocoso 5:28

Like Brahms and Reger, Hans Gál (1890–1987) expressed some of his last musical thoughts in the form of a Clarinet Quintet, this one written when its composer was 87 years old.
But the earlier works here – the Serenade written in Vienna between Gál’s expulsion from Nazi Germany and his flight after the Anschluss, and the Trio, composed in his new home of Edinburgh – reveal that its elegiac, autumnal lyricism was his natural mode of expression.
In these three scores, indeed, he produced some of the loveliest music in the clarinet repertoire.