The clarinet, initially called 'little trumpet' (clarino + etto), gained rapid popularity around 1700 after instrument builders improved upon the chalumeau.
Performer Biography
The Hagen Quartet, whose career began in 1981, has released around 45 CDs over twenty years with Deutsche Grammophon and now collaborates with myrios classics.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition) at 352.8kHz/24 Bit, using Sonodore, Schoeps & Sennheiser microphones.
Instruments
The Hagen Quartet performs on instruments made by old Italian masters.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Jörg Widmann, a clarinetist, composer, and conductor, views Mozart as a constant companion who surprises, shocks, and baffles him with his 'staggering light touch and utter perfection'.
Composition History
Mozart's Clarinet Quintet in A major, K.581, also known as the 'Stadler Quintet,' was written for his friend and Masonic lodge brother, Anton Stadler.
Composer Biography
Mozart discovered the clarinet in his early 20s and immediately fell in love with it, later befriending Anton Stadler, a clarinetist in the court orchestra.
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