Spohr - Clarinet Concertos No.3 & No.4
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Label: Hyperion
Cat No: CDA67561
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 28th April 2008
Contents
Artists
Michael Collins (clarinet)Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Conductor
Robin O’NeillWorks
Clarinet Concerto no.3 in F minor, WoO19Clarinet Concerto no.4 in E minor, WoO20
Artists
Michael Collins (clarinet)Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Conductor
Robin O’NeillAbout
It was at Gotha in the autumn of 1808 that Spohr met the clarinet virtuoso Johann Simon Hermstedt, and the two men hit it off straight away. Spohr immediately began work on his first clarinet concerto.
Hermstedt was so taken by the work that, rather than insisting on the composer modifying some of his more outlandish, and unplayable, demands, he adapted and expanded his instrument to suit the music, thus bringing about important developments in the range and flexibility of the clarinet, expanding it from five keys to thirteen.
Of the four concertos Spohr wrote for Hermstedt, the Third is the most overtly virtuosic, with a fiery restless energy supporting grand, sweeping themes of real distinction. The Fourth ranks among Spohr’s finest compositions.
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