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Brahms - Mozart: Clarinet Quintets / Eban, Alexander String Quartet
Foghorn Classics

Brahms - Mozart: Clarinet Quintets / Eban, Alexander String Quartet

$18.99

Details

Composer
BRAHMS MOZART
Artist
Eban
Format
CD
Label
Foghorn Classics
Released
Aug 14, 2020
Catalog #
FCL2021
UPC
700871202120

About

Electrifying clarinetist Eli Eban and the Alexander String Quartet celebrate the two masterpieces widely considered the preeminent works in their form: the clarinet quintets by Mozart and Brahms. Eric Bromberger writes: “Composers have been drawn to the combination of clarinet and string quartet ever since the clarinet began to take shape in the eighteenth century. The mellow sound and agility of the clarinet make it an ideal complement to the resonant warmth and harmonic richness of the string quartet, and the range of composers who have written for this pairing is extraordinarily diverse, including Weber, Meyerbeer, Reger, Busoni, Hindemith, and — more recently — Carter and Widmann. Yet all these compositions, varied as they are, exist within the shadow of the two towering masterpieces composed for clarinet and string quartet, the quintets of Mozart and Brahms. Those two quintets are invariably paired in recordings, as they are on this album. And it is quite right that they should be. They are two of the finest chamber works by two of the greatest composers, and there are many parallels between them: both were written late in their creators’ lives, both were inspired by contact with a particular clarinetist, and both beautifully integrate the quite different sonorities of clarinet and string quartet. Neither work is in any way valedictory, yet — coming near the end of each composer’s life — they represent some of the most refined and expressive music of Mozart and Brahms.”

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 09:28
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:28
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Eli Eban
    Ensemble
    Alexander String Quartet
  2. 2 II. Larghetto 06:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    06:20
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Eli Eban
    Ensemble
    Alexander String Quartet
  3. 3 III. Menuetto - Trio I-II 07:07
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto - Trio I-II
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Eli Eban
    Ensemble
    Alexander String Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Allegretto con variazioni 09:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegretto con variazioni
    Duration
    09:33
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Eli Eban
    Ensemble
    Alexander String Quartet
  5. 5 I. Allegro 13:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    13:13
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Eli Eban
    Ensemble
    Alexander String Quartet
  6. 6 II. Adagio - Più lento 11:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio - Più lento
    Duration
    11:28
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Eli Eban
    Ensemble
    Alexander String Quartet
  7. 7 III. Andantino - Presto non assai, ma con sentimento 04:50
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Andantino - Presto non assai, ma con sentimento
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Eli Eban
    Ensemble
    Alexander String Quartet
  8. 8 IV. Con moto 09:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Con moto
    Duration
    09:27
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Eli Eban
    Ensemble
    Alexander String Quartet