Quintet for clarinet, bass clarinet and string trio (Simpson) two clarinets enter below. Currently, the only commercially available CD is a Hyperion Records release. The Quintet is also recorded with the string quartets Nos. 14 and 15. Quintet for clarinet, bass clarinet and string trio (Simpson) The Quintet for clarinet, bass clarinet and string trio by Robert Simpson was completed in 1981 and commissioned by Gerald Drucker principal double bass at the Philharmonia Orchestra of London. The first performance was given at the Wigmore Hall in 1981 by the London Double Bass Ensemble and led by Gerald Drucker. Robert Simpson was attracted to the idea of a quintet for
Piano quintet a quintessential "vehicle for Romantic expression." In the first half of the twentieth-century, significant piano quintets were produced by such composers as Sergei Taneyev, Gabriel Fauré, Edward Elgar and Dmitri Shostakovich. However, unlike the string quartet, which remained an important genre for twentieth-century composers, the piano quintet came to acquire "a somewhat conservative profile, far from major developments" in musical expression. The following is a partial list of compositions for piano quintet. All works are scored for piano and string quartet unless otherwise noted. [[Category:Chamber music]] [[Category:Musical quintets|5]] [[Category:Piano|Quintet]] [[Category:Types of musical groups]] Piano quintet In classical music, a piano