W. A. Mozart - Aria ''Ah! Lo veggio, quell'anima bella'' for Four Basset Clarinets

On Mozart&birthday (January 27), I decided to throw together a quick arrangement of Ferrando&Act 2 Aria from "Cosi Fan Tutte" using four basset clarinets. This was the first instance of Mozart using the basset clarinet in the context of an opera with a part specifically written for Anton Stadler, the clarinetist who inspired the Quintet and Concerto. Photos accompanying this arrangement are of the steps I took to build a &of the Riga Drawing basset clarinet by Theodor Lotz, also the instrument heard in this short recording.