Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos 1 and 2; Concertinos – review

Collins/Stirling/City of London Sinfonia(Chandos)Together with the works by Mozart and perhaps Nielsen, Weber's two concertos and single-movement concertino form the bedrock of the solo clarinettist's concerto repertoire. The three were composed in 1811 for the virtuoso Heinrich Bärmann, who, as Michael Collins's dashing performances demonstrate, must have possessed a remarkable technique and a particularly fine lyrical tone; passages of flashy brilliance alternate with long-limbed melodic line...

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