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unusual facts about Clarinet Quintet


Clarinet quintet

Although a few compositions for this ensemble were produced over the following years, including the Op. 34 clarinet quintet by Carl Maria von Weber, a composer famous for his solo clarinet compositions, it was not until Johannes Brahms composed his Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 for Richard Mühlfeld that the clarinet quintet began to receive considerable attention from composers.



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Antoine-Pierre de Bavier

to have worked and recorded with the Quartetto Italiano, with whom in 1952 he recorded the Mozart clarinet quintet.

Philharmonia Quartet

Its 1945 Columbia Records 78rpm recording of the Mozart clarinet quintet with Reginald Kell (the earlier of Kell's versions) was highly praised.