The theme from the second movement of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto is frequently used in moving film scenes.
Composer Biography
Franz Schubert began work on his Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D 485, shortly after attending a concert of Mozart's works, which deeply inspired him.
Composition History
Mozart wrote his Clarinet Concerto for Anton Stadler, a fellow Freemason and court musician in Vienna, who also developed the basset clarinet.
Composer Biography
Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major, KV 622, was his last solo concerto and was written at the same time he was working on his Requiem.
Instruments
The basset clarinet, for which Mozart originally composed his Clarinet Concerto, allowed for four additional semitones in the bass register compared to a normal clarinet.
Compositional Technique
Schubert's Symphony No. 5 features a greatly reduced orchestra, lacking clarinets, tympanis, and trumpets, possibly to allow for performance by amateur ensembles.
Performer Biography
Karin Dornbusch, the clarinetist on this album, was awarded the Litteris et Artibus medal by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in 2009 for her outstanding artistic achievement.
