Product Description
Karol Kurpiński (1785-1857) was a romanticist and one of the most revered
composers before Frédéric Chopin, and helped to lay the foundations of a
national style and prepared the ground for Polish music of the Romantic period.
Hes a largely forgotten figure, but in his day he was Warsaws leading opera
composer.
A single-movement concerto by Webers Polish contemporary Karol
Kurpiński is skilfully written, with a melancholy slow section whose melody is
attractive. Elsewhere, the piece isnt without its moments of note-spinning and
overlong harmonic sequences, but its a welcome discovery nevertheless. The
premiere of the work took place on the eve of Kurpiński's departure from Paris
in 1823. Up to date only the first movement of the Clarinet Concerto, in the
sonata allegro form with three themes, has survived.
Concerto will be a fine way to demonstrate the clarinetist's
potential for brilliant display and heartfelt lyricism.
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