The Clarinet Quintet Op.115 by Johannes Brahms through the lens of early recordings

Magda Peralta Lladó

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The Clarinet Quintet Op.115 by Johannes Brahms through the lens of early recordings (2025)

Magda Peralta Lladó

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This research project analyzes Johannes Brahms’s Quintet Op. 115 for clarinet and strings from a historically informed perspective, applying the practices captured by early recordings in order to enrich performances of this music today. The aim of this project is to understand whether these recordings, alongside written sources, capture interpretative codes used by the composer and his contemporaries, and whether these clues can help modern clarinetists perform this piece convincingly and fully exploit its expressive possibilities. The main goal is therefore to incorporate these findings into my own musical practices. The methodology is divided into two main sections: the first consisted of gathering general information about the piece in order to understand its context, while the second focused on an analysis and comparison of the two first movements of the quintet from four early recordings and one contemporary recording. In the final section of this project, I present some excerpts recorded by myself, demonstrating different interpretations based on the historical sonic and written sources, in order to showcase and compare expressive possibilities. The outcomes of this research show that this music was performed very flexibly not only during Brahms’s lifetime but also for several decades afterward. To understand the interpretative codes they undoubtedly knew and applied, we must dare to take more extreme approaches in our performances, in order to explore all the expressive potential this music offers.

type	research exposition
date	28/09/2023
published	08/07/2025
last modified	08/07/2025
status	limited publication
copyright	Magda Peralta Lladó
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url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2314815/3204754
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	3. Internal publication

References

Brahms, Johannes, “Brahms Clarinet Quintet op.115 Played by Quintette Stadler and Jean-Claude Veilhan” <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4NUuvj1Sv0&list=OLAK5uy_nHLuRYSL5iWZhJJwQSb3np7rWOiYtMVZ8&index=5> [accessed 10 January 2024]
Brown, Clive, Neal Peres da Costa, and Kate Bennet Wadswort, Performing Practices in Johannes Brahms’ Chamber Music, 2015
Joachim, Joseph, Joseph Joachim Playing "Hungarian Dance" No1 by Brahms <https://youtu.be/f-p8YeIQkxs?si=J-_Z9i4YT6UHNNqh>

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