This disc couples Max Reger's best known string quartet with the rarely recorded Clarinet Quintet. For Reger chamber music was a life-long preoccupation and from the turn of the century onwards he composed a steady stream of works based upon string textures from unaccompanied violin up to the particularly Brahmsian form of the string sextet. Reviews "Karl Leister's artistry and eloquence are very persuasive, as indeed are those of the wonderful Vogler Quartet...there is no doubt that these are very distinguished performances that call for a strong recommendation." The Penguin Guide