Weber wrote no fewer than six works for his friend Heinrich Baermann, a renowned clarinettist, including the Clarinet Quintet featured on this album.
Instruments
The Clarinet Quintet was written for Heinrich Baermann and his new ten-key clarinet by Griessling und Schlott, which opened up new technical possibilities for the instrument.
Composer Biography
After being briefly imprisoned for debt, Weber was banished for life from Württemberg in 1809.
Composer Biography
Carl Maria von Weber, despite growing up in the era of Haydn, Beethoven, and Schubert, never wrote a string quartet.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Weber's chamber works and concertos feature a new Romantic virtuosity, where the artist dazzles listeners by overcoming difficulties or leading them into new regions of sensibility.
Composition History
Weber often composed his slow movements first, sometimes followed by a finale, and only later adding a first movement, or not at all.
Performer Biography
The Gaudier Ensemble, named after sculptor Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, comprises outstanding European musicians who also serve as soloists, chamber musicians, and orchestral principals.
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