Portraits:
- The Clarinet Album
This album features clarinet concertos by Copland, Spohr, and Cimarosa, plus arrangements of short pieces. Andreas Ottensamer, clarinet, is accompanied on the recording by the Rotterdam Philharmonic under Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
The selections are:
- Berceuse, Op. 40 No. 2
From Three Compositions for violin and piano op. 40, arr. for clarinet and orchestra by Stephan Koncz
Cimarosa:
- Clarinet Concerto in C minor
freely arranged by Arthur Benjamin
- Clarinet Concerto
- Préludes – Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin
From Préludes, Book 1, arr. for clarinet and orchestra by Stephan Koncz
- Prelude No. 1
From Three Preludes for piano solo, arr. for clarinet and orchestra by Stephan Koncz
Spohr:
- Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 26
Performed by Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet), with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting.
This CD takes us on a journey from the early-Romantic period of Louis Spohr to the jazz inflections of Aaron Copland, and from the operatic gestures of Cimarosa to the serenity of Claude Debussy. It includes a prelude by Gershwin, Debussy’s evocative ‘La Fille aux cheveux de lin’, and a Berceuse by Amy Beach.
In 2009, Andreas Ottensamer interrupted his liberal arts studies at Harvard University to become a scholar of the Orchestra Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker. He is now principal clarinetist of the orchestra and is also a part-time model.
The specific tracks are as follows:
Gershwin – 3 Prelude for piano solo
1. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
Copland – Clarinet Concerto
2. Copland: 1. Slowly and expressively
3. Copland: 2. Rather fast
Debussy – Prelude
4. La fille aux cheveux de lin
Domenico Cimarosa – Oboe Concerto in C
5. 1. Introduzione ? attacca
6. 2. Allegro
7. 3. Siciliana
8. 4. Allegro giusto
Three Works for Violin and Piano, Op.40
9. Beach: Berceuse
Spohr Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op.26
10. 1. Adagio – Allegro
11. 2. Adagio
12. 3. Rondo (Vivace)
Here is Andreas Ottensamer, as he performs Gershwin’s Prelude No.1, from ‘Three Preludes’:
And next, here is the artist, playing the music, and talking about this CD:
Tags: Andreas Ottensamer, Portraits, Louis Spohr, Aaron Copland, Cimarosa, Claude Debussy
He sure looks like a model on the album cover! bp