Clarinet Concerto (Eybler)

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Joseph Leopold Eybler's Clarinet Concerto in B-flat major was written in 1798, probably for Mozart's clarinetist Anton Stadler.[1] It is catalogued by Herrmann as HV 160.[2]

For clarinet and orchestra in three movements:

  1. Allegro maestoso
  2. Adagio
  3. Rondo alla turca: Allegro

Discography

Along with clarinet concertos by Franz Xaver Süssmayr and Mozart (Clarinet Concerto), it was recorded on the Novalis label by Dieter Klöcker and the English Chamber Orchestra in 1994. It was also recorded in 2000 on the Cavalli Records label by Peter Rabl and Concilium Musicum Wien (on period instruments) conducted by Paul Angerer, along with a serenade of Michael Haydn and a symphony of Ignaz Pleyel.

References

  1. ^ E. Hoeprich, "The Clarinet" in Yale Musical Instrument Series: Yale University Press, 2008
  2. ^ Hildegard Herrmann, "Thematisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Joseph Eybler", Musikwissenschaftlichte Schriften X (München – Salzburg: Emil Katzbichler, 1976)