BaL 9.03.19 - Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

09.30
Building a Library: Richard Wigmore discusses with Andrew recordings of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet.
Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, was written in 1789 for the clarinettist Anton Stadler. Like the Clarinet Concerto, also written for Stadler, it was actually written for the basset clarinet, which has an extended lower range, and so there are various decisions to be made about exactly what instrument you play it on. This is one of the great pieces of Mozart’s last years, full of a mellow yearning which suits the sound to the clarinet to perfection.


Available versions:-


Dimitri Ashkenazy, Acies Quartett
Jozsef Balogh, Danubius Quartet
Francois Benda (basset clarinet), Swiss Chamber Soloists
Kálmán Berkes, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Ryoko Sunagawa, Sándor Nagy, Tibor Bényi
Julian Bliss, Carducci String Quartet
Jane Booth (basset clarinet), Eybler Quartet
Alfred Boskovsky, Members of the Vienna Octet
Nicola Boud, Edding Quartet
Eduard Brunner, Hagen Quartett
Jack Brymer, Allegri String Quartet
Louis Cahuzac, Koppel Quartet
David Campbell, Bingham Quartet
James Campbell, Orford String Quartet *
Nicholas Carpenter, Jackie Shave, Katie Wilkinson Kroroshunin, Patrick Kernan, Anthony Pleeth
Lorenzo Coppola, Kuijken String Quartet (SACD)
Philippe Cuper, Talich Quartet *
Paul Dean, Grainger Quartet (SACD)
Divertimento Salzburg *
Georgina Dobrée, Loewenguth Quartet
Stanley Drucker, Essex Quartet
Paul Drushler, Tremont String Quartet *
Ensemble Villa Musica
Martin Fröst (basset clarinet), Veratvo String Quartet (SACD)
Pierre Génisson, Quartet 212
Heinrich Geuser, Amadeus Quartet
Benny Goodman, Boston Symphony String Quartet
Romain Guyot, Members of COE
Alan Hacker (basset clarinet), Salomen String Quartet
Florent Héau, Manfred Quartet
Roeland Hendrikx, Panocha String Quartet *
Janet Hilton, Lindsay Quartet*
Eric Hoeprich (basset clarinet), Aston Magna
Eric Hoeprich (basset clarinet), London Haydn Quartet
Eric Hoeprich (basset clarinet), Alda Stuurop, Lucy van Dael, Wim Ten Have, Wouter Möller
Emma Johnson, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Rebecca Hirsch, Tim Boulton, Andrew Shulman
Emma Johnson, Contempo Quartet*
Sharon Kam (basset clarinet), Isabelle van Keulen, Ulrike-Anima Mathé, Volker Jacobsen, Gustav Rivinius
Taira Kaneko, Verus String Quartet *
Reginald Kell, Fine Arts String Quartet *
Reginald Kell, Philharmonia String Quartet
Thea King (basset clarinet), Gabrieli String Quartet
Dieter Klöcker, Leopolder Quartet
Béla Kovács, Tatrai Quartet*
Katherine Lacy, RPO Soloists
Jacques Lancelot, Quatuor Barchet
Gustave Langenus, Budapest String Quartet
Karl Leister, Brandis Quartett
Karl Leister, Prazák Quartet
Karl Leister, Bernd Gellerman, Bernhard Hartog, Wolfram Christ, Jörg Baumann
Joan Enric Lluna, Brodsky Quartet *
Kimberly Cole Luevano, Arianna String Quartet
Stanley McCartney, Orford Quartet
Anthony McGill, Pacifica Quartet
Luigi Magistrelli (basset clarinet), Italian Classical Consort *
Andrew Marriner, ASMF Chamber Ensemble (SACD)
Andrew Marriner, Chilingirian Quartet *
Maximiliano Martin, Badke Quartet
Patrick Messina, Philharmonia Quartett Berlin *
Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble *
Sabine Meyer, Wiener Streichsextett *
Wolfgang Meyer, Carmina Quartett
Wolfgang Meyer (basset clarinet), Quatuor Mosaïques
Pascal Moraguès, Prazák String Quartet (SACD)
Wojtek Mrozek, Camerata Quartet *
Miltos Mumulides, Christine Kaulbach, Davide Toso, Volker Hartung, Pavel Ulanicki*
Nash Ensemble
Charles Neidich (basset clarinet), L’Archibudelli
Charles Neidich, Mendelssohn String Quartet
New York Camarata
Mark Nuccio, Sheryl Staples, Yulia Ziskel, Hsin-Yun Huang, Elizabeth Dyson
David Orlowsky, Vogler Quartett *
Sean Osborn, Ballard Quartet *
Oxalys
Vincenzo Paci (basset clarinet), Quartetto d’Archi del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia
Antony Pay, AAM Players
Antony Pay, ASMF Chamber Ensemble
Leif Arne Pedersen, Oslo Philharmonic Chamber Group
Wolfhard Pencx, Amati Quartet
Ludmila Peterková, Bennewitz Quartet
Gervase de Peyer, Amadeus String Quartet
Gervase de Peyer, Melos Ensemble
Goeorge Pieterson, Janos Scholz, Koji Toyoda, Max Lesueur, Arthur Grumiaux
Michel Portal, Les Musiciens *
Michel Portal, Ysaye Quartet *
Luis Rossi, Diabelli Quartet*
Quintette Stadler *
Simon Reitmaier, Auner Quartett
Vladimír Ríha, Smetana Quartet
Ulf Rodenhäuser, Melos Quartet *
Bernhard Röthlisberger, Ensemble Kaleidoscope *
David Rowden (basset clarinet), Paul Stender, James Wannan, Catalin Ungureanu, Airena Nakamura *
Ladislav Ruzicka, Martinu Quartet
Olle Schill, Members of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
Heiner Schindler, Conunova Quartet
Matthias Schorn, Minetti Quartett
David Shifrin, Chamber Music Northwest
David Shifrin, Emerson String Quartet
Vladimir Sorokin, David Oistrakh, Pyotr Bondarenko, Mikhail Terian, Sviatoslav Knushevitsky
Karl-Heinz Steffens, Charis Ensemble
Karl-Heinz Steffens, Scharoun Ensemble Berlin *
Kimball Sykes, Pinchas Zukerman, Amanda Forsyth, Donnie Deacon, Jane Logan
Richard Stoltzman, Tashi Quartet*
Richard Stoltzman, Tokyo String Quartet
Jean-Claude Veilhan (bass clarinet), Stadler Quartett *
Leopold Wlach, Stross Quartet,
Owen Watkins (basset clarinet), Skálholt String Quartet *
Eleanor Weingartner, Arianna String Quartet *
Jörg Widmann, Arcanto Quartett
Harold Wright,Boston Symphony Chamber Players *
Harold Wright, Juilliard String Quartet
Harold Wright, Leslie Parnas, Isidore Cohen, Alexander Schneider, Samuel Rhodes
Bohuslav Zahradnik, Talich Quartet


* = download only - rather a lot this week.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Formidable work yet again, Alpie - and yet again, thank you

One I shall enjoy listening to (I hope) for its own sake rather than (necessarily) with a view to spending money: one of my favourite works, and a work I will buy any version I don't have when I see them in charity shops.

[LMcD]

Formidable work yet again, Alpie - and yet again, thank you

One I shall enjoy listening to (I hope) for its own sake rather than (necessarily) with a view to spending money: one of my favourite works, and a work I will buy any version I don't have when I see them in charity shops.

Does an asterisk indicate 'stream/download only'?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Does an asterisk indicate 'stream/download only'?

I think so - but Alpie's the one to ask.

[vinteuil]

Formidable work yet again, Alpie - and yet again, thank you

One I shall enjoy listening to (I hope) for its own sake rather than (necessarily) with a view to spending money: one of my favourite works, and a work I will buy any version I don't have when I see them in charity shops.

... yes indeed, many times over.

I have recently been enjoying the CD with Keith Puddy and the Gabrielii -

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000024K4O

.

[CallMePaul]

This is probably my favourite piece of Mozart and very high on my list of chamber music favourites. I have 3 versions: Boskovsky/ Vienna Octet (standard clarinet, Baermann-Oeler system), Peter Schmidl (modern basset clarinet, also Baermann-Oeler system)/ Vienna Octet, and Wolfgang Meyer (period basset clarinet)/ Quatuor Mosaiques. Unfortunately i will probably have to miss this BAL as I will be away next weekend, but I would be very interested to hear examples, both historic and period performances and the different schools of clarinet playing. Has anyone heard any of Eric Hoeprich's performances? I have enjoyed his playing in a range of repertoire and assume that he plays basset in this piece. I am surprised that none of the Ottensamer family appear to have recorded the work!

By he way, has the Schmidl been deleted as it is not listed?

[pastoralguy]

A work I'm very fond of having played the second violin part as a student. I remember we had four very good clarinettists that year so the work was divided amongst them!

I've yet to hear a BAD recorded performance of this wonderful work.

[MickyD]

Alpie - I think the Antony Pay version is with the AAM Chamber Ensemble, not the ASMF.

Sorted.

[Mal]

Does an asterisk indicate 'stream/download only'?

It you scroll to the bottom of Alpie's amazing list you will see that * means download only.

[Mal]

Unfortunately i will probably have to miss this BAL as I will be away next weekend,...

You can listen later, but be careful not to leave it too long as it might disappear. Anyone know the current policy for keeping old episodes of BAL/record review available? Can you only get the last five episodes of BAL/RR now?:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06w2121/episodes/guide

[Barbirollians]

de Peyer/Melos Ensemble remains my all time favourite.

[sidneyfox]

I have the recording by Gervase de Peyer and the Amadeus Quartet

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

It you scroll to the bottom of Alpie's amazing list you will see that * means download only.

Only because our good friend LMcD told me of the omission.

[richardfinegold]

Alpie - I think the Antony Pay version is with the AAM Chamber Ensemble, not the ASMF.

Sorted.

My favorite

[Keraulophone]

I am surprised that none of the Ottensamer family appear to have recorded the work!

1992 Ernst Ottensamer; VPO / C Davis / Philips 438 868-2PH (6/94 – nla)