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Title	Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major KV581
Article no.	9996254
Category	Educational and/or solo works
Subcategory	Clarinet solo
Instrumentation	Clr (Bb clarinet)
Country of publication	USA (us)
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Composer	Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Performer	Dwyer, Keith (Bb clarinet); Roth, Charles (violin); Smith, Marla (violin); Madison, John (viola); Iatzko, John (cello)
Opus no.	KV 581
Additional info/contents	Written for his friend and fellow Mason in Vienna, Anton Stadler, the quintet was completed in September of 1789, this and premiered a few days before Christmas of that year. It is one of Mozart's most perfect accomplishments—a score of proud serenity, transparent texture and radiant beauty. It is also an example of Mozart's uncanny ability to combine the best parts of chamber music and concerto music. The solo clarinet leads the ensemble but does not subjugate it. There is an infinite variety of interplay between the performing partners, and all five instruments undertake the virtuoso's role at one time or another. 'The result,' says Homer Ulrich, 'is a piece of music whose charm and delicacy are difficult to duplicate in the literature of strings and winds.' This deluxe 2-CD set includes the quintet in its original key with printed parts for both A and B-flat clarinets, and adds a repitched version for B-flat clarinetists, allowing players of that instrument easier execution plus the ability to learn the same fingerings as the composer's intended A clarinet for performance purposes. Includes a high-quality printed solo part for B-flat clarinet; and a compact disc containing a complete version with soloist, in split-channel stereo (soloist on the right channel); then a second version in full stereo of the accompaniment, minus the soloist. Also includes a second compact disc containing a recording of the quintet repitched to allow B-flat clarinetists to play the original written part for A-clarinet.
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