En Reprise – Clarinet Quintets




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Summary: [Project 366 – Listener Guide #21] One of the earliest and most influential works for this combination of instruments is Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581, written for the clarinetist Anton Stadler in 1789. Although a few compositions for this ensemble were produced over the following years, it was not until Johannes Brahms composed his Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 for Richard Mühlfeld that the clarinet quintet began to receive considerable attention from composers. Also included, clarinet quintets by Weber and Coleridege-Taylor. Read our fresh take on September 27 @ http://itywltmt.blogspot.com, details @ https://archive.org/details/pcast213-Playlist (ITYWLTMT Podcast #213 - 15 Jan, 2016)