Carl Maria von Weber:
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 74

Karol Kurpiński:
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra in B flat major

Bernhard Henrik Crusell:
Concerto for clarinet and orchestra No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 1

Sharon Kam, one of the world’s leading clarinetists, continues her collaboration with ORFEO with a new album featuring romantic clarinet concertos by three composers.

“After 20 years of recording the Weber concerto with Kurt Masur, I see and feel this piece very differently. I now try to play it more lightly, more ‘Rossini-like’, than the heavier romantic approach I previously adopted”, she explains.

Together with Bernhard Henrik Crusell’s concerto (composed in the same year - 1811 - as Weber’s) and that by the Polish composer Karol Kurpiński, (which still remains unknown), this album is a diverse survey of early Romantic-era clarinet concertos.

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Recording: Vienna, ORF Radiokulturhaus, 29.04/13-14.05.2019.