CDH55188 - Disc 1 Track 1 - Concerto for two clarinets No 1 in B flat major, Op 27 - Hyperion Records

Concerto for two clarinets No 1 in B flat major, Op 27

composer

Franz Wilhelm Tausch (1762-1817)

Recordings

Tausch: Double Clarinet Concertos; Süssmayr: Concerto movement

Dame Thea King (clarinet), English Chamber Orchestra, Leopold Hager (conductor)

MP3 £5.99FLAC £5.99ALAC £5.99Buy by post £6.99 CDH55188 Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Details

Movement 1: Allegro

Dame Thea King (clarinet), Nicholas Bucknall (clarinet), English Chamber Orchestra, Leopold Hager (conductor)

Track 1 on CDH55188 [11'34] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 2: Adagio

Dame Thea King (clarinet), Nicholas Bucknall (clarinet), English Chamber Orchestra, Leopold Hager (conductor)

Track 2 on CDH55188 [5'00] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 3: Rondo: Allegro

Dame Thea King (clarinet), Nicholas Bucknall (clarinet), English Chamber Orchestra, Leopold Hager (conductor)

Track 3 on CDH55188 [7'53] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Concerto for two clarinets No 1 in B flat major, Op 27

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Concerto No 1, Op 27, is scored for strings with two flutes, two bassoons and two horns. The first movement themes have a strong rhythmical foundation, giving the soloists scope for decoration. With the arrival of the second subject the strings melt away, abandoning the soloists to the company of two bassoons. The second movement, a tender Adagio, is interrupted by a menacing switch to the minor, with ominous off-beat semiquavers in the strings. Tranquillity is restored, however, in time for the light-hearted Rondo, which, despite its virtuoso demands on the soloists, qualifies for the present-day category of ‘easy listening’.