José Luis Estellés - Mozart & Weber: Clarinet Quintets (2016)

Tracklist

01. Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 108, K. 581: I. Allegro
02. Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 108, K. 581: II. Larghetto
03. Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 108, K. 581: III. Menuetto
04. Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 108, K. 581: IV. Allegretto con variazioni
05. Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Major, Op. 34, J. 182: I. Allegro
06. Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Major, Op. 34, J. 182: II. Fantasia. Adagio ma non troppo
07. Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Major, Op. 34, J. 182: III. Menuetto. Capriccio presto
08. Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Major, Op. 34, J. 182: IV. Rondo. Allegro giocoso


It has been common in the history of recording to combine the quintets for clarinet and strings by Mozart and Weber on a CD. Hardly surprising, as these two works represent the historical establishment of this instrumental combination as a chamber music archetype, used by other concurrent composers in their time and endorsed in successive epochs by such figures as Brahms, Reger, Hindemith, and so down to the most notable of today’s creators. But there are other reasons.

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