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Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto

Mozart composed his Clarinet Concerto for the clarinettist Anton Stadler, who was the most gifted clarinettist in Vienna at the time. It was the first clarinet concerto to be written by a major composer – …

Shostakovich Piano Trio #2

Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his 2nd Piano Trio in 1944 during World War Two when he was 38 years old. Shostakovich had come to international attention with the writing of his 7th Symphony earlier in the …