In early 1811 Carl Maria von Weber met the brilliant clarinettist Heinrich Barmann in Darmstadt. Their relationship produced the Concertino in E flat major and then the concertos in F minor and E flat. The Clarinet Quintet, a similarly inventive work, was first heard in 1815. Sabine Meyer brings her consummate artistry to all four of these creative, engaging and often dazzling pieces of early Romanticism.
Disc 1
01 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 1 in F minor J114 (Op. 73): Allegro - Sabine Meyer/Herbert Blomstedt
02 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 1 in F minor J114 (Op. 73): Adagio ma non troppo - Sabine Meyer/Herbert Blomstedt
03 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 1 in F minor J114 (Op. 73): Rondo (Allegretto) - Sabine Meyer/Herbert Blomstedt
04 Concertino in E flat, J109 (Op. 26): I: Adagio ma non troppo - - Sabine Meyer/Staatskapelle Dresden/Herbert Blomstedt
05 Concertino in E flat, J109 (Op. 26): II: Andante - - Sabine Meyer/Staatskapelle Dresden/Herbert Blomstedt
06 Concertino in E flat, J109 (Op. 26): III: Rondo (Allegretto) - Sabine Meyer/Staatskapelle Dresden/Herbert Blomstedt
07 Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat major Op.74: I: Allegro - Sabine Meyer/Staatskapelle Dresden/Herbert Blomstedt
08 Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat major Op.74: II: Romanza: Andante - Sabine Meyer/Staatskapelle Dresden/Herbert Blomstedt
09 Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat major Op.74: III: Alla polacca - Sabine Meyer/Staatskapelle Dresden/Herbert Blomstedt
10 Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, J182, Op.34 (Version for string orchestra): I: Allegro - Sabine Meyer/Jörg Faerber
11 Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, J182, Op.34 (Version for string orchestra): II: Fantasia - Adagio ma non troppo - Sabine Meyer/Jörg Faerber
12 Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, J182, Op.34 (Version for string orchestra): III: Menuetto Capriccio - Presto - Sabine Meyer/Jörg Faerber
13 Clarinet Quintet in B flat major, J182, Op.34 (Version for string orchestra): IV: Rondo - Allegro giocoso - Sabine Meyer/Jörg Faerber
