Movements from Mozart’s piano concertos, especially the slower ones, are often likened to his operatic arias. This comparison seems small beer when listening to the three clarinet concertos that Weber ...

David Shifrin, clarinet, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (Delos) These sparkling, unfailingly musical performances show David Shifrin as one of the most accomplished and engaging clarinetists.

Arguably one of Mozart’s most recognisable, Symphony No. 40 is mysterious in both sound and origin. Little is known about Mozart’s last three symphonies. His G minor Symphony was performed twice in ...

Whatever you do, do not believe that 18th Century clarinet music begins and ends with Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622. An unsurpassable piece of music, to be sure, but Mozart laid the ...

Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, op. 73: I. Allegro, II. Adagio ma non troppo, III. Rondo. Allegretto; Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, op. 34 : I. Allegro, II ...

The clarinet was fairly new and going through lots of design changes in the couple decades around 1800 or so, it being different for Mozart (who died 1791) than it was even just in 1811 when Carl ...

PLEASANT HILL — A quirk of fate powered-up the orchestra-like sound of Karen Weber’s Clarinet Fusion ensemble, growing from four to eight players and expanding the group’s instrumental performance.

Weber’s works for clarinet are, along with Mozart’s, the cornerstone of its repertoire. Here the two concertos, written in 1811, are played by Fabio Di Càsola, and he takes advantage of the ...