Mozart Clarinet Quintet
Jörg Widmann & Berlin Staatskapelle String Quartet
Musical Performance Quintet & Chamber Ensemble 0In 1778, Mozart paid a visit to Mannheim—then home to one of Europe’s best orchestras—and was introduced to a new instrument he instantly fell in love with: “Ah, if only we too had clarinetti!” he wrote excitedly in a letter to his father Leopold. “You would not believe the wonderful effect a symphony has with flutes, oboes, and clarinets!” In Vienna, he later met Anton Stadler, a celebrated clarinet virtuoso in the court orchestra. Fascinated by his playing, Mozart wrote almost all of his clarinet works for Stadler, including the A-major Quintet K. 581. Stadler had even constructed a new variant of the instrument, extending its lower register by several notes. Mozart’s Quintet and his Clarinet Concerto were originally intended for the so-called basset clarinet. Modern performances usually use a conventional instrument.
Jorg Widmann, Clarinet Wolfram Brandl, Violin Krzysztof Specjal, Violin Yulia Deyneka, Viola Claudius Popp, Cello |
Clarinet
Jörg Widmann
Violin
Wolfram Brandl
Krzysztof Specjal
Viola
Yulia Deyneka
Cello
Claudius Popp
Video Director
Frederic Delesques
Recording
Camera
Anna Motzeln, Joanna Piechenka, Mathias Sifihn, Nicolai Wolff
Colour Grading
Stephane Andrivot
Teldex Studio Berlin
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Friedemann Engelbrecht
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Julian Schwenkner, Sebastian Nattkemper
Heliox Films
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Emmanuelle Faucilhon
Executive Producer
Pierre-Francois Decoufle
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