Mozart: Die Zauberflöte Overture, Clarinet Concerto & Clarinet Quintet

Featuring

Volker Hartung
Miltos Mumulides
Christine Kaulbach
Davide Toso
Pavel Ulanicki
Junge Philharmonie Köln

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Performer Biography

Miltos Mumulides, the clarinetist, has performed with renowned conductors such as Bernstein, Abbado, Dorati, and Seiji Ozawa in the European Community Youth Orchestra.

Compositional Technique

In 'The Magic Flute' Overture, Mozart used a returning rhythmic chord progression to symbolize the characteristics of apprentice, journeyman, and master degrees of his Masonic lodge.

Instruments

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quintet were composed for Anton Stadler, a virtuoso bass player and clarinetist, and specifically for the basset clarinet, an instrument with an extended lower range.

Composer Biography

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the composer, was a Freemason, and the spirit of Freemasonry influenced his ideas and the setting of his opera 'The Magic Flute'.

Composition History

The Clarinet Concerto, KV 622, was one of Mozart's last completed works and his final purely instrumental piece, as he died weeks after its premiere at the age of 35.

Recording & Production

Miltos Mumulides, the soloist on this album, plays an A-clarinet with a French system, which produces a softer sound than the German clarinet.

Performer Biography

The Cologne New Philharmonic Orchestra is composed of highly gifted young graduates from German Rhineland Conservatories, aiming to provide them with practical musical experience before their professional careers.