Name: Mozart & Birchall: Clarinet Concertos
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In the Quintet, Collins is joined by newly formed ensemble Wigmore Soloists, the crème de la crème of chamber players who in this beautifully produced interpretation take the much-loved piece... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 6th May 2022
Catalogue No: BIS2647
Label: BIS
Length: 81 minutes

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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622

Work length28:43

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$9.05

$12.25

Michael Collins (basset clarinet)
Philharmonia Orchestra

I. Allegro

Track length12:24

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$3.85

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II. Adagio

Track length7:41

$1.50

$2.60

$3.50

III. Rondo

Track length8:38

$1.50

$2.60

$3.50

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581

Work length32:21

$5.00

$7.80

$10.50

Wigmore Soloists

I. Allegro

Track length9:24

$1.50

$2.60

$3.50

II. Larghetto

Track length6:37

$1.00

$1.30

$1.75

III. Menuetto

Track length6:55

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$1.30

$1.75

IV. Allegretto con variazioni

Track length9:25

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$2.60

$3.50

Birchall, Richard: Clarinet Concerto

Work length20:09

$3.50

$5.20

$7.00

Michael Collins (basset clarinet)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Robin O'Neill

I. Metamorphosis

Track length8:48

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II. Still Life

Track length6:23

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$1.30

$1.75

III. Impossible Construction

Track length4:58

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$1.75

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"The two concertos performed here by Michael Collins and the Philharmonia Orchestra were both intended for a specific player – Mozart composed his for Anton Stadler and Richard Birchall for Michael Collins himself. Both works – as well as Mozart's Clarinet Quintet – were also written for a particular instrument: the basset clarinet, a slightly larger and deeper clarinet than the one in A which soon after Mozart had written his concerto became the standard. At the very core of the clarinet repertoire, the two works by Mozart have until recently been played on the A clarinet, with necessary adjustments being made to the solo part. Nowadays, however, they are more and more often performed on the instrument they were intended for. Richard Birchall, in his Concerto for Basset Clarinet, also makes the most of the basset clarinet's extended range, for instance in the third movement, Impossible Construction. That movement, and indeed the whole work, is inspired by the artwork of M. C. Escher and its combination of surreal elements and mathematical precision. With the two concertos, Michael Collins continues his long-standing collaboration with the Philharmonia Orchestra, which includes an acclaimed recording on BIS of works by Vaughan Williams and Finzi. For the Clarinet Quintet he has invited his colleagues from the Wigmore Soloists, the chamber ensemble that he leads together with Isabelle van Keulen."

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July 2022

In the Quintet, Collins is joined by newly formed ensemble Wigmore Soloists, the crème de la crème of chamber players who in this beautifully produced interpretation take the much-loved piece to new heights. Collins elicits a delicious, resonant tone throughout; the clarinet is never upstaged by its string quartet partner.

July 2022

There’s a real sense of friends making music together here [in the Quintet] and I can’t offer higher praise.

Mozart & Birchall: Clarinet Concertos

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