Credits:

Pires, Maria Joao

Description:

Ernst Ottensamer! The last concerto recording! The last concerto recording by legendary Austrian clarinet virtuoso Ernst Ottensamer (1955-2017), for many years principal clarinetist of the Vienna Philharmonic, is now available from Signum Classics (UK)! In Strauss's Double Concerto (Duo Concertino), he is joined by Stjepan Trnovsky, bassoonist with the Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera, in a sumptuous collaboration. All four pieces were composed in the 1940s by R. Strauss and Copland. All are conducted by Richard Stump, founder and artistic director of the Academy of London. In Copland's Clarinet Concerto, written for Benny Goodman and absorbing a jazz idiom, you can enjoy Ottensamer's transformative tone and adoring technique. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.Duet Concertino for clarinet and bassoon~I. Allegro moderato
2.Duet Concertino for clarinet and bassoon~II. Andante
3.Duet Concertino for clarinet and bassoon~III. Allegro ma non troppo
4.Capriccio~Prelude
5.Clarinet Concerto~I. Slowly and expressively
6.Clarinet Concerto~II. Rather fast
7.Appalachian Spring Suite (Original Version)~I. Very slowly
8.Appalachian Spring Suite (Original Version)~II. Fast
9.Appalachian Spring Suite (Original Version)~III. Moderate
10.Appalachian Spring Suite (Original Version)~IV. Quite Fast
11.Appalachian Spring Suite (Original Version)~V. Still Faster
12.Appalachian Spring Suite (Original Version)~VI. Very Slowly (As at First)
13.Appalachian Spring Suite (Original Version)~VII. Calm and Flowing
14.Appalachian Spring Suite (Original Version)~VIII. Moderate. Coda.