Spohr: The Complete Works for Clarinet & Orchestra Classical Orchestral & Concertos CPO

Spohr: The Complete Works for Clarinet & Orchestra

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CX 5151

Spohr: The Complete Works for Clarinet & Orchestra

Label Catalogue Number:
555151-2

Release Date: January 2023
Originally recorded in 2022

Genre:
Classical
Orchestral & Concertos

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The Finnish artist Christoffer Sundqvist is one of the leading clarinetists of his generation, and we are very happy to have won him for our complete edition of Louis Spohr's works for clarinet and orchestra (partly first recordings!). Not only the extremely brilliant and masterful four clarinet concertos can be heard, but also all the other works for clarinet and orchestra, composed at that time for the virtuoso Johann Simon Hermstedt. When Hermstedt played Spohr's potpourri on themes from Winter's opera "Das unterbrochene Opferfest" op. 80 in Leipzig on October 13, 1812, the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung commented: "The potpourri for clarinet was not only very happily composed from ideas of the sacrificial feast, but these ideas were also mostly quite excellently processed; and so it would like to stand at the top among the works of this genre. An indispensable complete edition, not only for clarinetists!

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“… Sphor’s four concertos are very affable affairs, with the occasional moment of introspection and plenty of virtuosic flourish. Sundqvist is on fine form in these winning performances.” ****

Jeremy Pound – BBC Music magazine (Brief Notes section) – May 2023

Classic Today Recommendation

Artistic Quality 10 Sound Quality 10 Overall Impression 10

“…This is how you play early romanticism on the clarinet! Thus a must-buy for wind players. Likewise for friends of music between Beethoven and Schumann and especially those who always thought Spohr was a bit boring because of a few violin concertos. Definitely recommended!”

Thomas Baack – klassik-heute.de – 30 January 2023

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