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For clarinetists, Mozart's works are undoubtedly at the center of their classical repertoire. This may be due to the fact that Mozart knew better than any other composer how to use the technical and tonal possibilities of the then still young instrument. Inspired by the two concert “Arias of Tito”, clarinetist Sabine Meyer, with the help of the internationally renowned arranger Andreas N. Tarkmann, began searching among Mozart's lesser-known concert arias for pieces that could be used for the clarinet and that could complement Mozart's original literature as independent concert pieces. The result of Tarkmann's work is convincing across the board.

The immensely positive response to the new concert pieces for clarinet and orchestra was followed by the request for an edition of sheet music with piano accompaniment. This edition reproduces the parts for clarinet in A and Bb and basset horn exactly as they were recorded by Sabine Meyer on CD (Sony Music). Nicolai Pfeffer, himself a clarinetist, then took on the task of writing a good-sounding and easy-to-perform piano reduction, intended both for study and for small-scale performances.