Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Clarinet Quintet Arthur Stockel, Orchestre Philharmonique Du Luxembourg, Quatuor Hanson & Leo McFall

• Carl Maria Weber (1786 - 1826): Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73:
• 1 Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73: I. Allegro 08:24
• 2 Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73: II. Adagio ma non troppo 06:25
• 3 Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73: III. Rondo. Allegretto 06:25
• Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34:
• 4 Weber: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34: I. Allegro 10:45
• 5 Weber: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34: II. Fantasia. Adagio 05:18
• 6 Weber: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34: III. Menuetto 05:13
• 7 Weber: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34: IV. Rondo. Allegro 06:21
• Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74:
• 8 Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: I. Allegro 08:46
• 9 Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: II. Romanza. Allegretto con moto 06:46
• 10 Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: III. Polacca 06:43
• Total Runtime 01:11:06

Info for Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Clarinet Quintet

Weber's first romantic heroine was undoubtedly the clarinet. Ten years before Max and the 'Freischütz', Weber composed his two clarinet concertos and began the Quintet. These three masterpieces he dedicated to the virtuoso Baermann, who substantially reworked the clarinet part of the concertos in his edition, which has now passed into posterity. For his first recording, clarinettist Arthur Stockel returns to the sources of the original scores. More stripped down, the solo part highlights the link between these pieces and the composer's dramatic imagination. Nurtured by Lieder and opera, Arthur Stockel explores their relationship to vocality and gives his instrument a Weberian role, between ardour, tenderness and pain. He is joined by the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, where he has held the post of principal clarinet since 2019, conductor Leo McFall and the Hanson Quartet, who respond with mischievousness (minuet from the Quintet), ardour and grandeur (First Concerto).

Arthur Stockel, clarinet
Quatuor Hanson
Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Leo McFall, conductor

Arthur Stockel
French clarinetist, Arthur Stockel, is the principal clarinetist of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg. He frist began his clarinet studies at the Conservatoire Départemental de Colmar under the tutelage of Alain Toiron . In 2016, Arthur was accepted into the class of Pascal Moraguès at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP), where he is currently completing his Master’s studies. The following year, he was awarded second prize at the Lisbon International Clarinet Competition. He has participated in many summer festivals including Gustav Mahler JungendOrchester and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under the batons of Daniel Harding , Antonio Pappano, and Vladimir Jurowski.

Stockel has concertized throughout the UK and Europe as principal clarinetist of the London Symphony Orchestra and multiple engagements with the Mariinsky Theatre, Orchestre de Paris, and Orchestre de Chamber de Paris. Currently, he is the principal clarinetist of the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg. Beyond his orchestral engagements, Stockel is passionate in collaborating in chamber music formations. He is the founding member of Ensemble Oct’Opus and has performed Messian’s Quartet for the End of Time in the Royal Albert Hall in commemoratin the centennial of World War I.

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