Clarinet Concerto No 4 in E minor, WoO20 (Spohr)
from Spohr: Clarinet Concertos Nos 3 & 4 (CDA67561)
1 Allegro vivace [10'43]
2 Larghetto [7'07]
3 Rondo al espagnol [7'22]
25 minutes 12 seconds 3 tracks
‘This oustanding disc is the counterpart of Michael Collins's coupling of Spohr's first two Clarinet Concertos with the same forces. It is thanks to Collins's artistry that relatively prosaic ideas ar ...
‘Michael Collins … repeats the success of his disc of Nos 1 and 2 with elegantly phrased melodies, immaculate passagework and wondurously even trills. The Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Robin O'Ne ...
‘Michael Collins brings off the more spectacular passages with stylish relish. He's even better in the long, lyrical lines of the slow movement—a lovely Adagio that has real expressive intensity here, ...