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CHAN 10702

Weber: Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2, etc. – Michael Collins, City of London Sinfonia

On this disc, the exclusive Chandos artist, Michael Collins, plays the clarinet in three works for clarinet and orchestra by Weber, as well as conducting the City of London Sinfonia. The disc also includes Weber’s horn concertino, featuring the soloist Stephen Stirling.

The two concertos and the concertino for clarinet and orchestra are considered among the repertoire cornerstones for today’s clarinettists. Weber wrote the works for his personal friend Heinrich Bärmann, the principal clarinettist of the Munich court orch ...

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CO 6095

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J.S. Bach: Trio Sonatas for Organ – Robert Quinney

Continuing its work with the rising stars of ...

HA 4605

J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites, BWV 1066 – 1069 – Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling

The four Orchestral Suites or ...

LS 0716

Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 – London Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Bernard Haitink is renowned as the world’s leading ...

TO 0139

Toccata TO 0139

John McCabe – Farewell Recital

On 29 August 2010, at the Presteigne Festival on the Welsh ...

CHAN 10702

Weber: Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2, etc. – Michael Collins, City of London Sinfonia

On this disc, the exclusive Chandos artist, ...

DN 0682

Music Inspired by Shakespeare and Hamlet – South Jutland Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Ziva

The plays and characters of ...

TU 7170

Mahler: Symphony No. 3 – Mihoko Fujimura, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Nott

‘It’s taken a while, but in any list ...

LB 7070

Flauto Dolce – Benedikta Bonitz

The ‘sweet flute’ (flauto dolce) of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and ...

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