Concertante - Virtuosic Wind Concertos

Sinfonietta Riga / Claus Efland

Label: Challenge Classics
Catalogue number: CC 72621
EAN / barcode: 0608917262124
Release date: 30 October 2013

All pieces on this CD, were selected in the same context: we had three soloists with three very different instruments – horn, clarinet and bassoon. All three play in the Danish wind quintet “Carion”. So they know each other very well, also musically. I had often worked with the horn player in Denmark and thus the idea occurred to us to do a project together. But we didn’t want yet another recording of the clarinet concertos by Mozart and Weber. When scouting around for a suitable repertoire for the CD, we came across these very different pieces, and, what is more, with very unusual combinations of instruments. In fact composers like Belloli, Jadin and Lachner had the courage to experiment with such forms of concerts. That is what makes this CD and these pieces so special.“ (Claus Efland)

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Tracklist

01 Concert for Clarinet, Horn and Orchestra: I. Allegro giusto 05:34
02 Concert for Clarinet, Horn and Orchestra: II. Allegretto moderato: Thema, Variation 1 Adagio (Minore), Allegretto moderato, Variation 2, Variation 3 08:15
03 Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon and Orchestra in B-Flat Major, Op. 47: I. Allegro 06:49
04 Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon and Orchestra in B-Flat Major, Op. 47: II. Andante moderato 03:23
05 Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon and Orchestra in B-Flat Major, Op. 47: III. Allegretto 04:23
06 Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon and Orchestra in B-Flat Major, Op. 47: IV. Un poco piu mosso 01:29
07 Concertino for Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 43: I. Allegro spirituoso 05:48
08 Concertino for Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 43: II. Romanze: Andante 04:51
09 Concertino for Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 43: III. Allegretto moderato 00:37
10 Concertino for Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 43: IV. Tempo di Polacca 09:02
11 Symphonie Concertante for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra: I. Allegro 11:46
12 Symphonie Concertante for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra: II. Adagio 01:16
13 Symphonie Concertante for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Orchestra: III. Allegro 05:32