Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A Major KV581 - Mov. 1/4

[samtheclarinetist]

Basset Clarinet FTW!!!

[anglight7]

helps me study for finals.

[KTS2035]

I absolutely love the violin solos at 1:24 and 4:02.

[Planktontube]

the name of the picture please :)

[goodfrnd877]

I'm playing this for my All-County orchestra audition in january, except I'm playing it as a solo, no strings. Its a fun piece! I've been working on it since July!

[aguin97]

Its amazing how he can make music like this

[artfreaksue]

D:... I want to buy a professional clarinet........this is incredible!!

[pchantreau]

@artfreaksue Perhaps the player matters more than the instrument...

[mjr251]

What is the painting?

[pfefmeister]

@boondoodle I didn't play it yet, but it's turning out pretty well.

[pfefmeister]

I'm playing this for my school's early music ensemble. I love the piece, and I can't wait to play it live.

[Shanelololol]

@pfefmeister good luck man. hope you do great.

[ned0023]

No introduction needed, the melody stands gorgeously on its own. Mozart's use of modulation for the transition into and out of the developemental section is geniously simple, and obvious. This genious is only outdone by the way the musical argument resolves. Starting silky smooth then finishing with a sour seventh by the clarinet like a last word freak. Once again Mozart whimsically injected the essense of life into his music. This is why he's the GOAT!

[imyfujita]

Isn't this recording copywrite-protected?

[TheIsraelyGuy]

Why is it always that the top comments attack the people who don't like the piece? I find this agressive populism disrespectful to the art.

[sebtemple]

lovely enough to be granted 5 star

[coolbeans719]

it's beautiful, it sure shows the range in notes it can do, like i said before, beautiful

[MrHenryBN]

wow! I love it! :)

[noormanbel]

Amadeus is one of the true Masters of his profession and his music is heavenly !

[TheTeensEngland]

@noormanbel I can't agree more ! Wolgangus Theophilus Crystopholus Mozart is definitively the master, the greatest composer of the Classical Era but not only, of all time !!! He is not one of the true Masters of Classical music, he is the TRUE master of Classical Music

[piacobel]

I love this piece. About the 4.1/2 stars I guess it is because as a video it shows only one picture.

[lilmissyblondiegurl]

i love this! 

[angelkitty2009]

I am playing this for solo ensemble in Feburary. On the clarinet of course. Great Job!

[Barbapippo]

I cannot stand the lack of vibrato (and the occasional faults in intonation ) of the strings... I know that "it's the philology, baby", but I cannot stand it

[Barbapippo]

to say nothing of the baroque subtuning....

[marionbonneaux]

Playing viola for this :)

[bluestickman1]

This is just the voice of heaven...

all i can say...

[Riuk881]

can you PLEASE tell where i can get the picture in this video?!

[someone2871]

I really love this piece! Right now I'm playing it with some of my friends:)

[HermioneGinny96]

my chamber orchestra group is playing this and I get to play first violin!! Thanks so much for posting! :D

[HermioneGinny96]

my chamber orchestra group is playing this and I get to play first violin!! Thanks so much for posting! :D

[HermioneGinny96]

my chamber orchestra group is playing this and I get to play first violin!!

[PyryLaiho]

i suck ass

[ambrosius]

This is absolutely amazing study/work music.

[1231jane]

ich liebe dieses stück, vor allem den 2. teil

[MrINeedSome]

Very soothing piece. Like a lazy autumn day with no worries.

[ambrosius]

@MrINeedSome Very good comparison.

[Haaggus]

This makes me want 2 cum

[TinSoldierPhoenix]

is this classical music better live? i've never been to a classical concert. ive only ever heard it on classical FM.

and also, could someone explain a bit what the heck a G minor is? hows it different from D major, or B minor or whatever?

[conorstevenson67]

@TinSoldierPhoenix Yes, the experience is better live :). G minor is the key it's in it means that the piece is sort of based around the note G and since it's minor the piece is mostly played around a minor scale of notes which gives it s certain quality of sound a little "sad" in simplistic terms but the qualities it has are more complex than that. Major is usually more uplifted. A minor scale has different notes from a major scale even if it's the same base note. Hope that helps you enjoy!!

[TinSoldierPhoenix]

@conorstevenson67

errr... i'll just look on wikipedia hehe =) but thanks anyway

you know. Humans are gods.

[Adamalgorithm]

sublime melody that transports you into a different epoch ; I imagine traveling in a coach through a country side in spring. The flowers are blooming and creeks are beginning to flow and murmur.

[clementclarinet]

In so many of the runs it sounds like a bassoon... why would a single reed instrument sound like a double reed? BIZARRE It sounds so beautiful!! but i would still not compare it to the contemporary clarinet.

[herma57]

Sorry, the other way round, Clarinet has nothing looks like C major, transpose down a minor third

[herma57]

No it's a A -Clarinet,why the Key; three sharps for the Clarinet, and C-Major for the Strings; but a Basset Horn would be interesting, darker, He did write other music for Basset Horns;

[ishhlaurence]

we're studying this quintet in music class atm, gotta say it's the best we've done so far (Y)

[davlor86]

best clarinet composition ever made

[shrubhater]

@davlor86 I agree....Have you heard Rossini's Clarinet Variations? They are beautiful works of art as well, but this is my favorite of all.

[KingRuski666]

always reminds me of the ending of M*A*S*H. love it.

[markcontreras]

that sound!!!! that sound

[LovelyLucidity]

This is a piece that I can listen to over and over again and still fall in love with everytime.

[2009xellos]

Don't you think it's really "Jazzy"? Especially at 1:25 ~ 2:00.

[davlor86]

and it's cooler when you play it...i mean it's pretty fun to play it

[pooperuber]

This shit feed my soul!

[randomisnotgood]

I don't understand why this video has 4 and a 1/2 star. This definitely worths 5 stars.

[vonspre]

@randomisnotgood

It's very simple my friend! Because people are either dumb or deaf....

[davlor86]

indeed, i just gave it 5 stars, i could give it more if i could

[albinosupport]

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music in the world, I have loved this since I was 12 years old and have played it on the clarinet many times

[Arch5280]

Google Lorenzo Coppola; he is said to play reproductions of 18th century instruments. Perhaps it is possible that a plastic clarinet may sound "better" to some ears than early wooden clarinets. (The narrower bore, I believe, produces a more muffled sound, but I'm not an expert.)

[0GL]

Dolce! Espressivo!

[comic4relief]

Perhaps what they (Mozart et al) had in mind. I suppose it greatly depends on the piece, and other factors.

[comic4relief]

The minimal vibrato works so nicely here.

[182278]

I was skeptical because I read your comment before listening and I usually hate playing early pieces in the early style because I always thought it was less expressive. It blends nicely too.

[ClarinetistJuan]

Yes, but not for the clarinet. I don't what they're playing in terms of instrument, but they need a more refined tone. It's too fluffy and soft.

[comic4relief]

I wonder if it was not recorded as well as it might have been. Digital signals oftentimes fail on wind instruments, not the least clarinets.

[HARMONICO101]

Period clarinet my friend. That's how clarinet's sounded in Mozart's day.

[comic4relief]

Digital?

[2009xellos]

A basset clarinet, I guess?

[HARMONICO101]

Period clarinet my friend. That's how clarinet's sounded in Mozart's day.

[jzrnsk]

good tone.

[Ringo84]

This song makes me think of M*A*S*H every time I hear it. This was the piece Winchester was trying to teach the Koreans in the final episode ("Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"). Thanks for the upload!

[Ralexand1988]

GFA :)

[The30YearOldVirgin]

Nice!