Recorded at the Salzburg "Mozartwoche" 2000, Mozart's "Stadler Quintet" is
played by the Hagen Quartet and the phenomenal clarinetist Sabine Meyer.
She "enhances the dazzling splendor of the quartet with a warm and
graciously noble voice", rhapsodized one Austrian daily. Sabine Meyer took
her first lessons from her father. After studying in Stuttgart and Hanover,
she joined the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Following her engagement
as solo clarinetist with the Berlin Philharmonic, Sabine Meyer began her
solo career, which has taken her throughout the world.
The Hagen Quartet, consisting of the siblings Lukas, Veronika and Clemens
Hagen along with the violinist Rainer Schmidt, attracted great attention
and scored impressive successes while its members were still students at
the Salzburg Mozarteum. Their international career began with their
appearance at the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival in 1981. The quartet is
now internationally known for its inspired performances, especially of
works by Mozart.
