Weber & Kurpinski: Clarinet Concertos Eric Hoeprich, Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century & Guy van Waas

• Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826): Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73, J. 114:
• 1 Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73, J. 114: I. Allegro 07:50
• 2 Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73, J. 114: II. Adagio ma non troppo 05:47
• 3 Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73, J. 114: III. Rondo. Allegretto 06:18
• Karol Kurpinski (1785 - 1857):
• 4 Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat Major 11:28
• Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74, J. 118:
• 5 Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74, J. 118: I. Allegro 08:35
• 6 Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74, J. 118: II. Romanza. Allegro con moto 07:12
• 7 Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74, J. 118: III. Polacca 06:58
• Total Runtime 54:08

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Klarinettenromantik: Gemeinsam mit den Konzerten von Louis Spohr zählen die beiden 1811 in rascher Folge entstandenen Gattungsbeiträge von Carl Maria von Weber zu den schönsten und substantiellsten Klarinettenkonzerten der Romantik. Für seine Einspielung bei GLOSSA mit dem Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century unter der Leitung von Guy Van Waas verwendet Eric Hoeprich eine hervorragende Kopie der historischen Klarinette von Heinrich Baermann, für den Weber all seine Meisterwerke für das Instrument komponierte. Entstanden ist eine Referenzeinspielung, die durch das außergewöhnliche einsätzige Konzert des polnischen Weber-Zeitgenossen Karol Kurpinski (1785-1857) noch zusätzlich an Repertoirewert gewinnt.

Eric Hoeprich, Klarinette
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century
Guy van Waas, Dirigent

Eric Hoeprich
is one of the world's leading exponents of the historical clarinet. He was born in Baltimore, MD, and has an honors degree in philosophy from Harvard. He teaches at the Paris Conservatoire, Indiana University’s Early Music Institute, and the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. For the past thirty years he has specialized in performing on the historical clarinet. His expertise as a musician, scholar, and instrument maker allows for a unique approach to the solo clarinet repertoire of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

As a founding member and principal clarinet of Frans Brüggen’s Orchestra of the 18th Century, Hoeprich has performed frequently as a soloist with this orchestra, as well as with many of the major early music ensembles in Europe, the United States, and Australia under conductors such as Nicholas McGegan, Roger Norrington, Christopher Hogwood, Philippe Herreweghe, and Jos van Immerseel. With Brüggen’s orchestra Hoeprich has recorded the basset clarinet version of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto for the Glossa label.

Hoeprich’s activities as a chamber musician also take him around the world, both with his own ensembles and as a guest with numerous string quartets and pianists. For a recent recording on Glossa of the Mozart Clarinet Quintet (for which he again plays the rare basset clarinet) coupled with the Brahms Quintet, he was joined by the London Haydn Quartet (with the quartet using gut strings and classical bows). His groups Nachtmusique (a Harmoniemusik ensemble) and the Stadler Trio (three basset horns) were both founded in the 1980s: with them Hoeprich has recorded music by Mozart, Beethoven, and Franz Krommer. He is also the author of The Clarinet (Yale University Press, 2008).

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