CLARINET CONCERTOS (14CD)

CLARINET CONCERTOS

CD1
Johann Melchior Molter 1696 –1765
Concerto No.5 in D MWV6:36
1 I. Allegro 4’29
2 II. Andante 5’46
3 III. Tempo di Menuetto 2’44
Concerto No.1 in A MWV6:41
4 I. Moderato 4’16
5 II. Largo 4’40
6 III. Allegro 3’35
Concerto No.2 in D MWV6:38
7 I. Moderato 4’57
8 II. Largo 5’27
9 III. Allegro 2’35
Concerto No.3 in G MWV6:40
10 I. Moderato 4’58
11 II. Adagio 5’30
12 III. Allegro 2’34
Concerto No.4 in D MWV6:39
13 I. Moderato 4’59
14 II. Adagio 4’21
15 III. Allegro 2’45

Henk de Graaf clarinet

Amadeus Ensemble Rotterdam
Kamlung Cheng leader · Miranda Rademaker, Floris Lammens, Lonneke van Straalen violins I
Bob Bruyn, Ebred Reijnen, Maartje Kraan violins II
Julia Dinerchtein, Laura Hendriks violas · Wladislaw Warenberg, Geneviève LeCouffe cellos
Matthew Midgley double bass · Aart Bergwerff harpsichord
Marien van Staalen

Total time: 64’01

Recording: 25 & 26 October 2006, Hervormde Kerk, Rhoon, The Netherlands

CD2
Louis Spohr 1784 –1859
Concerto No.1 in C minor Op.26
1 I. Adagio – Allegro 11’13
2 II. Adagio 3’20
3 III. Rondo: Vivace 6’13
Concerto No.4 in C minor WoO20
4 I. Allegro vivace 11’12
5 II. Larghetto 7’09
6 III. Rondo al espagnol 7’32

Maria du Toit clarinet
Cape Philharmonic Orchestra / Arjan Tien

Total time: 46’47

Recording: April 2013, Hugo Lambrechts Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa

CD3
Louis Spohr 1784 –1859
Concerto No.2 in E flat Op.57
1 I. Allegro 11’59
2 II. Adagio 6’09
3 III. Rondo alla Polacca 7’48
Concerto No.3 in F minor WoO19
4 I. Allegro moderato 10’46
5 II. Adagio 7’42
6 III. Vivace non troppo 7’31

Maria du Toit clarinet
Cape Philharmonic Orchestra / Arjan Tien

Total time: 52’01

Recording: April 2013, Hugo Lambrechts Concert Hall, Cape Town, South Africa

CD4
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 –1791
Clarinet Concerto in A K622
1 I. Allegro 13’03
2 II. Adagio 7’20
3 III. Rondo: Allegro 9’46
Oskar Oskar Michallik clarinet
Staatskapelle Dresden / Siegfried Kurz

Max Bruch 1838 –1920
Double Concerto in E minor Op.88
for clarinet, viola & orchestra
4 I. Andante con moto 6’56
5 II. Allegro moderato 5’27
6 III. Allegro molto 5’13

Giovanni Punzi clarinet
Eva Katrine Dalsgaard viola
Copenhagen Philharmonic / Vincenzo Milletarì

Total time: 48’02

CD5
Carl Maria von Weber 1786 –1826
1 Concertino in E flat Op.26 9’06
Clarinet Concerto No.1 in F minor Op.73
2 I. Allegro 8’14
3 II. Adagio ma non troppo 6’55
4 III. Rondo: Allegretto 6’05
Clarinet Concerto No.2 in E flat Op.74
5 I. Allegro 8’24
6 II. Romanza. Andante 7’15
7 III. Alla Polacca 6’27

Sebastian Manz clarinet
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Méndez

Ferruccio Busoni 1866 –1924
8 Concertino Op.48 BV276 9’49
for clarinet & small orchestra

Davide Bandieri clarinet
Alessandra Gentile piano
Quartetto di Roma
Camerata Strumentale Città di Prato / Jonathan Webb

Total time: 62’45
Recordings: April 2005, Teatro Politeama Pratese, Italy (8);
31 May–3 June 2016, Funkstudio SWR Stuttgart (1–7)

CD6
Bernhard Henrik Crusell 1775–1838
Clarinet Concerto No.1 in E flat Op.1
1 I. Allegro 10’39
2 II. Adagio 3’56
3 III. Rondo: Allegretto 6’32
Clarinet Concerto No.2 in F minor Op.5
4 I. Allegro 11’21
5 II. Andante pastorale 5’27
6 III. Rondo: Allegretto 6’13
Clarinet Concerto No.3 in B flat Op.11
7 I. Allegro risoluto 10’17
8 II. Andante moderato 6’20
9 III. Alla Polacca 7’35

Per Billman clarinet
Uppsala Chamber Orchestra / Gérard Korsten

Total time: 68’49
Recording: 24–26 September 1996, Ytterjärna Kulturhus, Järna, Sweden

CD7
Franz Krommer 1759–1831
Concerto for 2 clarinets in E flat Op.35
1 I. Allegro 10’13
2 II. Adagio 4’52
3 III. Rondo 4’57
Clarinet Concerto in E flat Op.36
4 I. Allegro 10’50
5 II. Adagio 5’06
6 III. Rondo 5’41
Concerto for 2 clarinets in E flat Op.91
7 I. Allegro 11’57
8 II. Adagio 6’14
9 III. Alla Polacca 5’32

Kálmán Berkes clarinet
Kaori Tsutsui (1–3) · Tomoko Takashima (7–9) clarinet
Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia / Kálmán Berkes

Total time: 65’52
Recording: 14–17 July 1994, Scottish Church, Budapest, Hungary

CD8
Carl Stamitz 1745–1801
Clarinet Concerto No.1 in F
1 I. Allegro 9’00
2 II. Andante moderato 6’10
3 III. Rondeau: Allegro 4’57
Double Clarinet Concerto in B flat
4 I. Allegro 8’59
5 II. Andante moderato 6’56
6 II. Allegro 3’08
Concerto for clarinet, bassoon & orchestra in B flat
7 I. Allegro moderato 10’04
8 II. Andante moderato 8’06
9 III. Rondo 5’31

Kálmán Berkes clarinet
Tomoko Takashima clarinet (4–6)
Koji Okazaki bassoon
Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia / Kálmán Berkes

Total time: 63’12
Recording: 23–26 August 1995, Reformed Church, Budapest, Hungary

CD9
Saverio Mercadante 1795–1870
Clarinet Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.101
1 I. Allegro maestoso 9’02
2 II. Adagio 1’54
3 III. Andante con variazoni 10’04
Clarinet Concerto No.1 in E flat Op.76
4 I. Maestoso 10’05
5 II. Largo 3’48
6 III. Polacca brillante 4’50
Clarinet Concertino in C minor
7 Allegro moderato 9’42
Sinfonia concertante No.3 in E flat
for flute, 2 clarinets & horn
8 Allegro – Largo – Tema con variazioni 13’19

Dieter Klöcker clarinet
Václav Kunt flute · Giuseppe Porgo clarinet · Jan Schroeder horn (8)
Prague Chamber Orchestra

Total time: 63’37
Recording: 7–12 April 2003, Studio Domovina, Prague, Czech Republic

CD10
Franz Anton Hoffmeister 1754–1812
Clarinet Concerto in B flat
1 I. Allegro 10’51
2 II. Adagio 7’34
3 III. Rondo: Allegro 5’04
Sinfonia concertante No.1 in E flat
4 I. Allegro 12’53
5 II. Romanze: Poco adagio 7’22
6 III. Rondo: Allegro 5’34
Sinfonia concertante No.2 in E flat
7 I. Allegro 11’00
8 II. Romanze: Lento 5’53
9 III. Allegretto: Tema con variazioni 8’11

Dieter Klöcker clarinet
Giuseppe Porgo clarinet (4–9)
South West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim / Johannes Moesus

Total time: 75’06
Recordings: 29–30 October 2003 (4–6) & 23–28 February 2004 (1–3, 7–9), Evangelische Laurentiuskirche Oberderdingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

CD11
Heinrich Baermann 1784–1847
Concertstück in G minor
1 I. Allegro agitato 3’43
2 II. Adagio 4’23
3 III. Allegretto 2’19
Clarinet Concertino in C minor Op.29
4 I. Allegro 8’55
5 II. Adagio 5’02
6 III. Rondo: Allegretto vivo 5’08
Sonata No.3 in D minor/F
for clarinet & orchestra
7 I. Adagio 4’26
8 II. Allegro 3’12
9 III. Finale: Prestissimo 4’52
Clarinet Concertino in E flat Op.27
10 I. Adagio maestoso – Allegro con spirito 8’47
11 II. Romanze: Larghetto 4’02
12 III. Polonaise: Tempo di Polacca 5’39

Dieter Klöcker clarinet
Prague Chamber Orchestra / Milan Lajcík

Total time: 61’21
Recording: 6–9 November 2000, Prague, Czech Republic

CD12
Gerald Finzi 1901–1956
Clarinet Concerto in C minor Op.31
1 I. Allegro vigoroso 7’53
2 II. Adagio, ma senza rigore 11’41
3 III. Rondo: Allegro giocoso 8’27

Charles Villiers Stanford 1852–1924
Clarinet Concerto in A minor Op.80
4 I. Allegro moderato 5’37
5 II. Adante con moto 10’02
6 III. Allegro moderato 6’04

Robert Plane clarinet
Northern Sinfonia / Howard Griffiths (1–3)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones (4–6)

Aaron Copland 1900–1990
Clarinet Concerto (1948 version)
7 I. Slowly and expressively – 6’22
8 II. Cadenza (freely) – 2’03
9 III. Rather fast 8’27

David Singer clarinet
A Far Cry Orchestra

Total time: 67’01
Recordings: 3–6 September 1995, Newcastle, UK (1–3); 19–20 June 2007, The Concert Hall, Lighthouse,
Poole, UK (4–6); 10 November 2008, Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (7–9)

CD13
Carl Nielsen 1856–1931
1 Clarinet Concerto Op.57 24’31

Kevin Banks clarinet
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kees Bakels

Alexandre Tansman 1897–1986
Clarinet Concerto
2 I. Introduction et allegro 8’56
3 II. Arioso 4’12
4 III. Cadenza et danza populare (Alla Polacca) 4’38

Jean-Marc Fessard clarinet
Silesian Chamber Orchestra / Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk

Paul Hindemith 1895–1963
Clarinet Concerto
5 I. Rather fast 7’26
6 II. Ostinato: Fast 2’12
7 III. Quiet 7’19
8 IV. Gay 6’09

Eddy Vanoosthuyse clarinet
Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra / Sergio Rosales

Total time: 65’51
Recordings: 31 January – 1 February 1997, Winter Gardens, Bournemouth, UK (1);
24 June 2009, Silesian Philharmonic, Karol Stryja Hall, Katowice, Poland (2–4);
8–10 June 2015, Hekinan Emerald Hall, Aichi, Japan (5–8)

CD14
Gioachino Rossini 1792–1868
Introduction, theme & variations for clarinet & orchestra in B flat
1 I. Andante (sostenuto) 3’29
2 II. Thema: Allegretto 0’47
3 III. Variation I 1’09
4 IV. Variation II 1’11
5 V. Variation III 1’16
6 VI. Largo minore 1’40
7 VII. Maggiore 3’16

Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847
Concert Pieces for clarinet, basset horn & orchestra
No.1 in F minor Op.113
8 I. Allegro di molto 2’27
9 II. Andante 2’32
10 III. Allegro molto 2’17
No.2 in D minor Op.114
11 I. Presto 2’03
12 II. Andante 2’53
13 III. Allegro grazioso 3’14

Julius Rietz 1812–1877
Clarinet Concerto in G minor Op.29
14 I. Allegro agitato 8’27
15 II. Adagio 6’11
16 III. Allegro vivace 6’29

Sharon Kam clarinet
Johannes Peitz basset horn (8–13)
MDR Symphony Orchestra (1–13) · Sinfonia Varsovia (14–16) / Gregor Bühl

Total time: 49’55
Recordings: 18–22 April 2005, Broadcast Studio, MDR, Leipzig, Germany (1–13);
10–14 April 2007, Broadcast Studio, Polish Radio, Warsaw, Poland (14–16)