WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Clarinet Concerto
GCD C81107
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Eric Hoeprich, clarinets & basset hornJoyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century Frans Brüggen, conductor
Production details
Total playing time 59:33 Clarinet Concerto recorded in Haarlem (Doopsgezindekerk) in February 2001 – Engineered by Jochem Geene, Eva Blankespoor & Henk Jansen – Produced by Karl Naegle & Sieuwert Verster La Clemenza di Tito. Ouverture recorded in Nijmegen (De Veereniging) in June 1986 – Engineered by Dick van Schuppen – Produced by Gerd Berg & Sieuwert Verster La Clemenza di Tito. Arias recorded in Amsterdam (Gereformeerde Kerk) in November 2001 – Engineered by Jochem Geene, Eva Blankespoor & Henk Jansen – Produced by Sieuwert Verster Adagio recorded in Veenendal (Studio van Schuppen) in December 2001 – Engineered by Jochem Geene & Eva Blankespoor – Produced by Erich Hoeprich & Sieuwert Verster Maurerische Trauermusik recorded in Tokyo (Metropolitan Art Space) in March 1998 – Engineered by NHK Television and Studio van Schuppen – Produced by Sieuwert Verster
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791) Clarinet Concerto, KV 622 1 Allegro 2 Adagio3 Rondo. Allegro
La Clemenza di Tito, KV 621 (excerpts) 4 Ouverture 5 Aria: Parto, ma tu ben mio 6 Aria: Non più di fiori
7 Adagio, KV 411
8 Maurerische Trauermusik, KV 477
About this CD
In 1992, a programme for a concert given by Anton Stadler in Riga in March of 1794 was discovered, where he played the Mozart Clarinet Concerto. Amazingly, this programme includes an engraving of the special “Inventions Klarinette”, or basset clarinet, that Stadler had with him to play Mozart’s music. Up until this time, no one knew what the basset clarinet looked like, and it came as a shock to see a long instrument with a bulbous bell on the end. This release on the Glossa label was the first time the work appeared played on an instrument as Stadler possessed. In this recording Mozart’s music for the clarinet and basset horn is heard in various settings, and all the works are associated with the clarinettist Anton Stadler. Listening on the same disc to the marvellous timbres of both Eric Hoeprich’s clarinet and Joyce DiDonato’s voice is a sublime experience.