Richard Mühlfeld News
German clarinettist (1856-1907)
- clarinet
- Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
- clarinetist
Last update
2024-04-24
Refresh
2020-10-10 19:25:48
Composer Johannes died on April 3, 1897. A few years earlier the outstanding clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld inspired Brahms to compose several works, including two sonatas. Brahms intended that the Clarinet sonatas could be equally suitable for either clarinet or viola, whose tone and colors admirably suit the dark-toned stringed instrument. In each sonata, the viola and piano enjoy the status of equal partners, revelling in Brahms’ subtle interplay of melody, rhythm and harmony. Here is one of my favorite violists, Tabea Zimmenrmann to perform the Sonata #2 for you:
2020-09-11 09:26:27
Late Haydn and Brahms on an Autumn evening in the park: Anthony Friend and the Solem Quartet at Battersea Park bandstand
[…] moving parts, had a strong onward flow and was wonderfully enjoyed by the players. Brahms in 1890 wasn't old (he was 57) but he was contemplating retirement, thinking that in his compositions he had achieved what he wanted, saying he 'had achieved enough; here I had before me a carefree old age and could enjoy it in peace'. Perhaps his friends thought otherwise, anyway the playing of the clarinettist with the Meiningen Court Orchestra, Richard Mühlfeld, seems to have tempted Brahms into writing more. First a Clarinet Trio and the Clarinet Quintet, and then two Clarinet Sonatas. The quintet was first performed privately in Meiningen by Richard Mühlfeld and the Joachim Quartet (led by violinist Joseph Joachim). Friend and the Solem Quartet gave a very collegial account of the work, five equals rather than having the clarinet over-spotlit. Whilst the first movement was Autumnal and melancholy, it was also flowing […]
2020-06-15 12:47:20
By March 1891 Brahms had composed nothing for more than a year; But then, when Brahms was visiting Meiningen, the conductor of the court orchestra drew his attention to the playing of their erstwhile violinist, now director of the court theatre and principal clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld (1856-1907), who performed privately for Brahms. As the clarinetist Anton Stadler had previously inspired Mozart, so now Mühlfeld inspired Brahms. There rapidly followed four wonderful chamber music pieces: a Trio Op 114 and a Quintet Op 115 for clarinet and strings, and two clarinet and piano Sonatas Op 120 (also loved by viola players).
This source is no longer available. The following article is not online anymore.
Faces of classical music
2019-12-21 03:00:00
The best new classical albums: December 2019
[…] linked by a longstanding musical and human rapport. Here they pay tribute to the most universal of Romantic composers. Their complete set of the piano trios of Johannes Brahms is an exceptional achievement, the tribute of three proudly independent musicians to a composer who consistently rejected social conventions. Their keen advocacy for Brahms's masterpieces throughout this programme gives these artists ample opportunity to display their high musical standards.Written in 1891 for the famous clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld, the "Clarinet Trio" marked a new turning in the final creative period of Brahms, who had recently decided to abandon composition. This work, which ranks among his finest chamber compositions, is raised to the sublime by the talents of Nicolas Baldeyrou.Source: prostudiomasters.com Johannes Brahms: Piano Sonata No.3 in F minor, Op.5 | Variations on a Theme by Paganini in A minor, Op.35Nelson Goerner, pianoRecorded at Teldex Studio, Berlin, in March 2019Released on October 26, 2019 by Alpha ClassicsGiven the […]
or
- timeline: Performers (Europe).
- Indexes (by alphabetical order): M...