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Mahler's Clarinet Quartet

Author: Speculator Sam
Date: 2018-05-12 08:12

So, I found this performance of Mahler's famous gut-wrenching Piano Quartet in A minor. The ensemble substitutes the viola part with a clarinet. Perhaps it's a fine venue hall, because the recording's laden with overtones and my score-reading today had me looking like Glenn Gould playing the piano.

Personally I feel the clarinet, with it's piercing timbre, really brought out the viola part that I would've otherwise not heard as well. The cello was deep and ringing, again probably the venue. Mahler was a true soundscape artist, the music here made me unsettled, yet aroused with awe. This was a great live recording and I'm glad someone uploaded it.

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Re: Mahler's Clarinet Quartet

Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2018-05-12 19:11

Wow, that's kind of a rarity even with original viola; it's new to me. Mahler was about 16. Clarinetists and violists do seem free to trespass in each other's repertory, which doesn't bother me - usually the results are fascinatingly different. Thanks, Sam.

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