The three clarinet concertos on this album were written in 1811 for the Munich clarinettist Heinrich Barmann, who had previously been a Prussian army bandsman.
Composer Biography
Weber's father hoped his son would be a second Mozart and arranged for him to study with musicians including Michael Haydn in Salzburg.
Composition History
The Clarinet Concertino was an immediate success, leading King Maximilian I of Bavaria to commission the two larger Clarinet Concertos from Weber.
Composer Biography
Carl Maria von Weber, the composer, spent much of his childhood with a traveling theatre company directed by his father, Franz Anton Weber, who was also Mozart's wife Constanze's uncle.
Performer Biography
Ernst Ottensamer, the clarinet soloist, became a principal clarinettist with the Vienna State Opera and Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in 1983.
Performer Biography
The Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Košice) has recorded rare works for Marco Polo and contributed to the complete Johann Strauss II compact disc series.
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