CDH55203 - Disc 1 Track 2 - Clarinet Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 1

Clarinet Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 1

composer

Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838)

Recordings

Crusell: Clarinet Concertos

Dame Thea King (clarinet), London Symphony Orchestra, Alun Francis (conductor)

Buy by post £6.99 CDH55203 Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Details

Movement 1: Allegro

Dame Thea King (clarinet), London Symphony Orchestra, Alun Francis (conductor)

Track 1 on CDH55203 [11'22] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 2: Adagio

Dame Thea King (clarinet), London Symphony Orchestra, Alun Francis (conductor)

Track 2 on CDH55203 [4'25] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 3: Allegretto

Dame Thea King (clarinet), London Symphony Orchestra, Alun Francis (conductor)

Track 3 on CDH55203 [7'05] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Clarinet Concerto No 1 in E flat major, Op 1

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The lively and beautiful first movement of Op 1 contains three themes of diverse character. This is followed by a very slow and comparatively uncomplex Adagio movement of only forty-eight bars including a codetta. There follows a rondo containing three episodes. Although the rondo is in duple time it is characterized by a strong skipping rhythm generally associated with the triple-time polacca.