
Christopher Rouse is an exciting composer. All of his music, […]
Is there a work more agreeable among Mozart’s entire output
Martin Fröst is as fine a clarinetist as has ever touched this music, and he’s given splendidly alert and lively accompaniments courtesy of Okko Kamu
It’s been a very good couple of years for the clarinet repertoire, what with magnificent new concertos written by Lindberg, Rautavaara, and now this one
Martin Fröst is as fine a clarinetist as anyone alive today, and he teams up with two equally superb colleagues in presenting exceptional performances of
This is an absolutely wonderful disc in every way. Weber’s clarinet music is delightful, and it’s hard to imagine it being better played or recorded.
In the liner notes to this disc, Swedish clarinetist Martin Fröst is described as a “daring performer” who has “stretched the limits of musical expression”,
Anders Hillborg (b. 1954) is one of those “texture guys” who throws everything but the kitchen sink into a piece in somewhat Schnittkean fashion, and
Schumann is ardent, passionate, turbulent, and unsettling, even in his most dreamy, lyrical moments. You scarcely would figure that out from these performances. Clarinetist Martin