Hoadley/Hall String Trio - Josef Christian Willibald Michl: Quartets for Bassoon and Strings

Upon hearing a chamber piece by Joseph Michl in Munich in 1772 the English composer and music historian Charles Burney wrote, �I hardly ever heard a composition that discovered more genius and invention.� Even though Michl achieved success writing for the operatic stage and his contemporary reputation rested on his sacred works, the Bassoon Quartets present the epitome of urbane sophistication � elegantly constructed and full of imaginative detail � and at times resembling miniature concertos.