Emma Johnson plays Weber
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Composer or Director: Carl Maria von Weber
Label: Naxos
Magazine Review Date: 7/1991
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 54
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 8 550378
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Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 1 |
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Ernst Ottersamer, Clarinet Johannes Wildner, Conductor Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice |
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 2 |
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Ernst Ottersamer, Clarinet Johannes Wildner, Conductor Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice |
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra |
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Ernst Ottersamer, Clarinet Johannes Wildner, Conductor Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice |
Composer or Director: Carl Maria von Weber
Label: ASV
Magazine Review Date: 7/1991
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 76
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: CDDCA747
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Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 1 |
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Emma Johnson, Clarinet English Chamber Orchestra Yan Pascal Tortelier, Conductor |
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 2 |
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Emma Johnson, Clarinet English Chamber Orchestra Gerard Schwarz, Conductor |
Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra |
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Charles Groves, Conductor Emma Johnson, Clarinet English Chamber Orchestra |
Grand duo concertant |
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer
Carl Maria von Weber, Composer Emma Johnson, Clarinet Gordon Back, Piano |
Author: John Warrack
Ottensamer, at budget price, is disadvantaged by a somewhat grey recording, which among other things sets him rather far back. This is not so unsuitable for the slow movements, where he and the conductor are very careful to respond to Weber's fascinating blends of tone colour, and he also makes an interesting entry in No. 1, stealing in with a gentle, slightly melancholy opening phrase. He also takes the reasonable option of drawing back a little at the C minor section (at 5'06''), and again handles nicely the slow central section of the Concertino (at 5'33''). However, the Rondo Allegretto of No. 1 is, if perky, a little tame, and the Alla polacca of No. 2 has a good feeling for structure but is low in excitement. For all his qualities, he does not have the wit, the bravura, the sense of fun which is as much part of the music as the reflective and the melancholy. Of the two records, there is no doubt that Johnson's performances are the more rewarding; and there is the bonus of the Grand duo concertant. Both players, incidentally, use the Barmann editions (or something close to them) rather than Weber's originals.'
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