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Shortly after the first publication of Johannes Brahms' Clarinet Quintet in 1891, the work was already recognised by critics and contemporaries as an outstanding contribution to the genre, and even over a century later it continues to fascinate performers and audiences alike. The clarinet quintet, which was dedicated to the exceptional Meiningen clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld, is presented here in an arrangement by Paul Klengel, authorised by Brahms himself, who masterfully knew how to transfer the complex structure of the string quartet to the piano and also how to create a balanced, homogeneous interplay between clarinet and piano. The "Duo" thus deserves its name and allows this gem of Brahms' chamber music to be performed with piano.
“Just the other day I said that sooner or later I would listen to Brahms' new clarinet quintet. And, of course, my fate surprised me last week at Mr. G. Clinton's wind concert at Steinway Hall. (...) It exceeded my wildest expectations: I have never listened to such an opera in my life. Brahms' enormous gift for music is comparable to nothing more than Gladstone's gift for words: it is a verbosity that overcomes its own banality by force of magnitude. ”
Shortly after the first publication of Johannes Brahms' Clarinet Quintet in 1891, the work was already recognised by critics and contemporaries as an outstanding contribution to the genre, and even over a century later it continues to fascinate performers and audiences alike. The clarinet quintet, which was dedicated to the exceptional Meiningen clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld, is presented here in an arrangement by Paul Klengel, authorised by Brahms himself, who masterfully knew how to transfer the complex structure of the string quartet to the piano and also how to create a balanced, homogeneous interplay between clarinet and piano. The "Duo" thus deserves its name and allows this gem of Brahms' chamber music to be performed with piano.
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