The music of the so-called Mannheim School, written for the large and virtuosic court orchestra in the German city of Mannheim in the second half of the 18th century, has been out of fashion. From a modern perspective it doesn't seem to have contained the groundbreaking discoveries that were happening in Vienna. Yet in its own time the Mannheim orchestra (memorialized by the high-tech instrumental pop group Mannheim Steamroller) was, in the words of clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer, "a rock-star ensemble," famed for its ...
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The music of the so-called Mannheim School, written for the large and virtuosic court orchestra in the German city of Mannheim in the second half of the 18th century, has been out of fashion. From a modern perspective it doesn't seem to have contained the groundbreaking discoveries that were happening in Vienna. Yet in its own time the Mannheim orchestra (memorialized by the high-tech instrumental pop group Mannheim Steamroller) was, in the words of clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer, "a rock-star ensemble," famed for its brilliant individual players. The orchestra introduced various instrumental innovations, including the first prominent use of the clarinet, to which are owed Mozart's towering works for the instrument. Ottensamer, principal clarinetist for the Berlin Philharmonic, offers a varied selection of music from Mannheim, including one concerto each from the father-and-son pair of Johann and Carl Stamitz. He also finds some rarer music, most notably a Concerto for clarinet, bassoon, and orchestra...
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