Clarinet Concertos

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WEBER / MENDELSSOHN / MOZART / DEBUSSY / SPOHR / etc
Clarinet Concertos
Sabine Meyer (Clarinet, Basset-horn) / Berlin Philharmonic, Academy St Martins, Bamberg Symphony, etc

[ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Sunday 1 February 2015

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Inspired Mozart, Romantic rarities and infectious jazz classics - In her award-winning discography Sabine Meyer has explored many facets of the clarinet repertoire, halping the black woodwind instrument gain great popularity in the process. This CD box brings together great concerto recordings, also featuring famous colleagues like Emmanuel Pahud, Julian Bliss and her brother Wolfgang Meyer.

"…these are very fine performances, and the Quintet makes what should be the perfect coupling." BBC Music Magazine on the Nielsen CD

"…Sabine Meyer makes light of the considerable difficulties of Spohr's Fourth Concerto with soft-grained and wonderfully even tone; Julian Bliss is technically impressive and only slightly less characterful in the Second." BBC Music on the Krommer/Spohr

Tracks:

Baermann, H:
Clarinet Quintet No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 23
version for clarinet and string orchestra

Mendelssohn:
Concert Piece No. 1 in F major for clarinet, basset horn, & piano/orchestra, Op. 113
Concert Piece No. 2 in D minor for clarinet, basset horn & piano/orchestra, Op. 114

Mozart:
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622
Reconstruction of the original version for basset clarinet

Weber:
Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, Op. 34, J182

Homage to Benny Goodman
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