Sabine Deviellhe

A collection of works of renowned modern composers, written in the end of the 20th century.

The breadth of clarinetist Sabine Meyer's repertoire is matched by her dedication to collaborations with other, equally skilled musicians. She received her first music lessons from her father, clarinetist Karl Meyer, and then went on to study with Otto Hermann in Stuttgart and Hans Deinzer in Hannover. She was 16 when she made her professional debut. She joined Munich's Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra for a time, then in 1982, Herbert von Karajan created something of an international stir by appointing her as solo clarinetist for the Berlin Philharmonic, going against the orchestra's tradition of not admitting female musicians.

This is an important recording for all sorts of reasons: Stamitz founded the Mannheim Orchestra which was the ancestor of all modern orchestras. The music is very beautiful and has lasted for 250 years, so you won't ever grow tired of it. This recording is probably closer to what he had in mind than he ever heard, as contemporary musicianship was supposed to be somewhat ropey: some contemporary musicians even regarded the invention of the metronome as a gross intrusion into the musician's freedom to speed up or slow down as he pleased.