Mozart: Clarinet Concerto / Clarinet Quintet in A Major

Featuring

Sir Neville Marriner
Andrew Marriner
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Composition History

Mozart composed his Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622, just a few weeks before his death in the autumn of 1791.

Compositional Technique

Mozart originally conceived the Clarinet Concerto for Anton Stadler's lower-pitched basset clarinet, but this recording uses the later version for a 'normal' clarinet.

Performer Biography

This album celebrates the birthdays of father and son, Sir Neville Marriner, who turned 80, and Andrew Marriner, who turned 50 in 2004.

Recording & Production

Polyhymnia International, the recording facility, was founded in 1998 as a management buy-out by key personnel of the former Philips Classics Recording Center.

Composer's Artistic Vision

In the Clarinet Quintet, Mozart rejected virtuosity for its own sake, instead aiming for a tonal balance and thematic equality among all five instruments.

Recording & Production

Most of Polyhymnia's recording equipment, including microphone preamplifiers and internal microphone electronics, is custom-built or substantially modified in-house.