Mozart: Concerto & Quintet for clarinet

Featuring

Romain Guyot
Lorenza Borrani
Mats Zetterqvist
Pascal Siffert
Richard Lester
Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Recording & Production

This recording was made without a conductor, allowing for direct communication and more spontaneous work between Romain Guyot, the soloist, and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

Composition History

Mozart initially began composing the first movement of the Clarinet Concerto for basset horn, aiming to give the clarinet a 'male voice' like Don Giovanni, before switching to the basset clarinet.

Composition History

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quintet were both written for the same person, Anton Stadler, a friend of Mozart, and for the same new instrument: the basset clarinet.

Interpretation

Romain Guyot, the clarinettist on this recording, plays a modern replica of the original basset clarinet for which Mozart composed these works, made by Buffet Crampon.

Performer Biography

Romain Guyot, the clarinettist, is a passionate mountaineer who once climbed Mont Blanc (4810 meters) with his clarinet to give a recital on the summit.

Performer Biography

Romain Guyot, the clarinettist, was appointed principal clarinet of the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris at age 22 and later became principal clarinet of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

Instruments

The basset clarinet, for which Mozart wrote these works, was invented by his friend and clarinettist Anton Stadler, who extended his clarinet downwards by four notes to create a bass register.