
Franz Krommer was such a fine composer–perhaps not the most original voice of his age (1759-1831), but a really good musician who could produce characterful
Franz Krommer, as I have mentioned before, was by no means a “follower” of the classical tradition, but one of the principal participants in its
Franz Krommer evidently took writing symphonies seriously, waiting until he
Franz Krommer (1759-1831) was a first rate composer. As you
Czech composer František Vincenc Kramár-Krommer (1759-1831), along with contemporaries Mozart, Stamitz, Spohr, and Weber, wrote important works for clarinet and orchestra. Kramár-Krommer’s Clarinet Concerto neatly
Alex Klein, the principal oboist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, positively sparkles in this collection of delightful memorabilia from the classical era. So flawlessly virtuosic
When Franz Krommer wrote the three wind partitas presented on this recording (between 1808 and 1810) the Harmonie-Musik tradition was waning, making these some of
One of the least explored and potentially most rewarding musical niches of the Classical period is the extensive repertoire of wind ensemble music composed by