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Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto & Chamber Music with Clarinet

4/20/2018, 11 Tracks, 51:14

Featuring

  • David Shifrin
  • William Purvis
  • Ryan Reynolds
  • Theodore Arm
  • Benjamin Hoffmann
  • Jennifer Frautschi
  • Mihai Marica
  • Curtis Daily
  • Jon Greeney
  • Yevgeny Yontov
  • Carl August Nielsen

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Composition History

Nielsen's Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57, was dedicated to Aage Oxenvad, a clarinetist, and completed in 1928, after Nielsen was impressed by the Copenhagen Wind Quintet.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The Clarinet Concerto has an unusual form, unfolding in many short, contrasting episodes, and features a menacing snare drum that shadows the clarinet.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

David Shifrin, the solo clarinetist on this album, has made twenty recordings for the Delos label and is a three-time Grammy Award nominee.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Carl Nielsen, a Danish musician and composer, is known for his six symphonies and three late works for wind instruments, including the Clarinet Concerto.

Source: Booklet

Interpretation

The arrangement of the Clarinet Concerto for chamber ensemble by Rene Orth, featured on this album, is a world premiere recording.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Nielsen's Serenata in Vano, composed in 1914, is a humorous trifle where musicians play in vain to lure a lady onto a balcony, then shuffle off home.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Nielsen's Six Humorous Bagatelles, originally for piano solo, were composed between 1894-97 with his own children in mind.

Source: Booklet

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