Arthur Stockel, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg , Leo McFall, Quatuor Hanson – Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Clarinet Quintet (2025) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

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Arthur Stockel, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg , Leo McFall, Quatuor Hanson – Weber: Clarinet Concertos, Clarinet Quintet (2025)
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Weber’s first romantic heroine is undoubtedly the clarinet. Ten years before Max and the Freischütz, Weber composed his two concertos and began the Quintet. He dedicated these three masterpieces 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, giving his instrument a Weberian role, between ardor, tenderness and pain. He is joined by the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, where he has held the position of principal clarinet since 2019, by conductor Leo McFall and by the Hanson Quartet, who respond with mischievousness (Quintet minuet), ardor and grandeur (First Concerto).

Tracklist:

1-01. Arthur Stockel – Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73: I. Allegro (08:24)
1-02. Arthur Stockel – Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73: II. Adagio ma non troppo (06:25)
1-03. Arthur Stockel – Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73: III. Rondo. Allegretto (06:25)
1-04. Arthur Stockel – Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34: I. Allegro (10:45)
1-05. Arthur Stockel – Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34: II. Fantasia. Adagio (05:18)
1-06. Arthur Stockel – Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34: III. Menuetto (05:13)
1-07. Arthur Stockel – Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34: IV. Rondo. Allegro (06:21)
1-08. Arthur Stockel – Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: I. Allegro (08:46)
1-09. Arthur Stockel – Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: II. Romanza. Allegretto con moto (06:46)
1-10. Arthur Stockel – Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: III. Polacca (06:43)