In brief, a string quartet is accompanied with a piano. A string quintet has two violins, a viola and a cello.
Violen, guitar, drums, piano, and flute.
Five instruments play in a quintet.
A piano quintet would typically comprise a string quartet (2 violins, viola and cello) and, of course, a piano. The string quartet is the standard medium for chamber music, and the addition of piano adds a dimension of contrasting tonal colors as well as a solid harmonic framework to complement the strings.
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A "wind quintet" is NOT an instrument. A "quintet" is music for/being played by five musicians. Specifically a "wind quintet" comprises 5 musicians all playing wind instruments.
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Robert Schumann
Those are two different things. ~ Clarinet concerto is a type of work that mainly involves a clarinet player (soloist) and an orchestra in the background. ~ Clarinet quintet involves five instruments (what quintet is referring to), it can be a mixture of strings, piano or oboe, bassoon or french horn. It's also referred commonly as woodwind quintet. Conclusion, and to answer your question. I clarinet concerto will sound louder than a Clarinet quintet, because of the total amount of musicians pretty much.
It was written by Mozart.
A quintet is a group of five, usually a group of five musicians. Depending on which instruments they are using, they could be a string quintet, a brass quintet or a vocal quintet. The word could also be used for a piece of music written for five performers.