Clarinet Chamber Music
Allegro --- Adagio --- Andantino --- Con moto
| Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German | Quality: 10 |
| Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, op. 115 | Difficulty: 10 |
| 1891 | 40:00 |
| Peters (Edited by the Gewandhaus Quartet) | Clarinet & String Quartet |
Description
 | As with all of Brahms's clarinet works, this was written for Richard Mühlfeld |
| Brahms wrote this at the same time as his Trio, op. 114 (Clarinet, 'Cello, & Piano) |
| The edition also contains the clarinet part written for viola |
| Movement I is in sonata form; movement IV is theme and variations |
| Late Romantic style: virtuosic, gypsy influence, chromaticism, dark and introverted character, theme and variations, experimentation with form in movement III, harmonies |
Necessary Qualities
| Everyone in the ensemble is equal (not clarinet with string quartet accompaniment) |
| Intonation |
| Mature musicianship and interpretation |
Pedagogical Suggestions
| Listen to recordings of this and other late Brahms |
Recommended Recordings
| A. Carbonare; Mozart: Quintet in A; Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in Bm Op115; Harmonia Mundi Franc |
| E. Daniels with the Composers Quartet; Brahms: Clarinet Quintet, op. 115; Weber: Clarinet Quintet, op. 34; Reference Records |
| K. Leister with the Leipzig String Quartet; Brahms: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115, String Quartet, Op. 51,2; MD&G Records |
| D. Shifrin and the Emerson String Quartet; Mozart/Brahms: Clarinet Quintets; Polygram |
| R. Stoltzman and the Tokyo String Quartet (P. Oundjian and K. Ikeda, violin; K. Isomura, viola; S. Haraha 'cello); Brahms, Weber: Clarinet Quintets; RCA Victor |