Johannes Brahms - Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115

 

 

Johannes Brahms

Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115 [written in 1891]

00:00 - I. Allegro
12:21 - II. Adagio
23:26 - III. Andantino - Presto non assai, ma con sentimento
28:03 - IV. Con moto

When Clara Schumann first heard this quintet, she wrote: "It is a really marvelous work, the wailing clarinet takes hold of one; it is most moving. And what interesting music, deep and full of meaning!" These poignant words by Brahms' closest female friend belie Brahms' disingenuous comparison of the work with his earlier Clarinet Trio: "[It is] a far greater piece of foolishness."

- From the first movement, the music pulsates with yearning. In its opening measures are the seeds that germinate in the rest of composition, which is equally perfect in its power of evocation and its structural rigor. The autumnal mood of the work results in part from the subtle shifts throughout between the closely related keys of D major and B minor.
- Most notable is the second movement Adagio, a tender love song whose wistfulness seems to reflect the entire decline of the late Romantic musical ethos. Of course there is more to this piece than its dreamlike evocations.
- Listen to the Presto, with its Hungarian folk-dance style and...
- the finale's intriguing variations, the last of which returns full circle to the opening theme of the first movement. "Foolishness" indeed!

The quintet received its first private performance on 24 November 1891 in Meiningen, with Richard Mühlfeld and the Joachim Quartet, led by Joseph Joachim who often collaborated with Brahms. The public premiere was on 12 December 1891 in Berlin.

Allegro 00:00
Adagio 13:02
Andantino 25:12
Con moto 30:01

Damien Bachmann, clarinet

 

[우리말 해설]

클라리넷 5중주 요하네스 브람스, Clarinet Quintet in b minor Op.115

브람스가 절필을 선언한 후에 연달아 쓴 네 개의 클라리넷 작품 중 두 번째로 작곡된 것으로, 클라리넷과 두 대의 바이올린, 비올라, 첼로가 편성되어 있다. 1891년 작곡되어 같은 해 초연되었으며 이듬해 출판되었다. 클라리넷 대신 비올라가 편성되어 연주되기도 한다.|뮐펠트에게 받은 자극의 힘으로 절필 선언 후 ...

시대 : 낭만 분류 : 낭만주의 음악>실내악>5중주 제작시기 : 1891년 작곡가 : 요하네스 브람스(Johannes Brahms, 1833~1897) 초연 : 1891년 11월 24일 마이닝엔 궁정(비공식) / 1891년 12월 12일 베를린(공식) 출판 : 1892년 3월, 베를린 헌정 : 리하르트 뮐펠트 구성 : 4악장 편성 : 클라리넷, 바이올린2, 비올라, 첼로

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