Mozart / Brahms - Clarinet Quintets
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Label: Supraphon
Cat No: SU39692
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 11th May 2009
Contents
Artists
Vladimir Riha (clarinet)Smetana Quartet
Works
Clarinet Quintet in B minor, op.115Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
Artists
Vladimir Riha (clarinet)Smetana Quartet
About
Brahms was inspired to write his Quintet by the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld. Bearing witness to the composition’s success is the fact that at its premiere (1891) the second movement with the melody spiced up “Hungarian-style” was repeated on no less than three occasions.
The solo part on these archive recordings is played by Vladimír Říha, solo clarinettist of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra during the Talich, Ančerl and Kubelík eras. His mastery earned him numerous accolades, including the Grand Prix du disque de l’Academie Charles Cros for his splendid recording of Kramář’s Concerto.
Both of the recordings fall within the “first half” of the lifetime of the superb Smetana Quartet, which played a crucial role in establishing the reputation of the “Czech quartet school” worldwide.
Smetana Quartet:
- Jiří Novák: 1st violin
- Lubomír Kostecký: 2nd violin
- Jaroslav Rybenský / Milan Škampa: viola
- Antonín Kohout: cello
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