Mozart, Brahms - Clarinet Quintets | Tudor TUD7137

Mozart, Brahms - Clarinet Quintets

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Label: Tudor

Cat No: TUD7137

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 15th October 2021

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The Clarinet Quintets of Mozart and Brahms share a number of things. Both were written for outstanding clarinettists, both are composed of four movements and both end with a variation movement. Both are late works and both glow with muted autumnal colours. Also both composers were also reticent to talk about their personal feelings, be it for reasons of social convention or personal reserve; In 1781 Mozart wrote that “passions, violent or not, must never be expressed to the limit of disgust and music, even in the most dreadful situation, must never insult the ear, but strive to please it. And Brahms wrote to Clara Schumann “passions are not a natural part of humanity. They are always exceptions or aberrations…Passions must soon pass…

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