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Karl Leister

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Karl Leister is a world-renowned classical clarinet-player. He was born in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. He learnt the clarinet from his father (also a clarinet player) at a very early age and later studied at the Hochschule fur Musik in Berlin. Whilst still a teenager he was accepted to join the Komische Oper Berlin under Vaclav Neumann and Walter Felenstein as a solo clarinet-player. He joined the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in 1959 under Herbert von Karajan – this productive musical association was to last for thirty years. During this time he was internationally recognized as a major soloist and chamber musician. Leister was also one of the founding members of the “Blaser der Berliner Philharmoniker”/Berlin Soloists which made masterful recordings – among them of “Brahms’s, Clarinet Quintet in B Minor Op. 115”. He also co-founded the Ensemble Wien-Berlin. The creation of the Herbert von Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra has permitted Karl Leister to teach music to a whole new generation of musicians. Leister is currently a professor at the Academy of Music Hanns Eisler, Berlin User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

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Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 - 3. Andantino - Presto non assai, ma con sentimento

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Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: 1. Allegro tristement - Extract

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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 - II. Adagio

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Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 5: I. Allegro

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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622 - 2. Adagio

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Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622: 2. Adagio

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Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op.115 - 2. Adagio

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Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano - 1. Allegro tristement - Extract

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2. Adagio

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Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622: II. Adagio

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albums

Karl Leister Plays Romantic Sonatas

Karl Leister Plays Romantic Sonatas

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Karl Leister: Solo

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Yellow Lounge Vol.3

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet K.581 / Brahms: Clarinet Quintet In B Minor, Op. 115

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet K.581 / Brahms: Clarinet Quintet In B Minor, Op. 115

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Mozart: Clarinet & Bassoon Concertos

CRUSELL: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1-3

CRUSELL: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1-3

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Mozart: Piano Trio in E-Flat Major - Reinecke: Piano Trio in A Major & Flute Sonata in E Minor "Undine"

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Ultimate Mozart

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Opera Fantasy

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Meditation: 111 Pieces of Classical Music to Ease Your Mind

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Karl Leister - Great Recordings

Mozart at Midnight - A Soothing Little Night Music

Mozart at Midnight - A Soothing Little Night Music

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