• Jean Françaix
  • Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1967)

  • Editions Musicales Transatlantiques (World)
  • 2.2.1.2/2.2.1.1/perc.timp/str(4.3.2.2.1)
  • Clarinet
  • 27 min

Programme Note

The vast dimensions of Jean Françaix's Concerto for Clarinet allow the composer to showcase inexhaustibly diverse writing that the clarinet responds to instantly, with its own qualities: sentimentality, suppleness, exuberant virtuosity... The orchestra, whose members frequently assume a solo role, is just as challenged. The ensemble resembles a kaleidoscope of sound in permanent metamorphosis. This dazzling, cinematic work perfectly evokes what can be dubbed "the spirit of Paris".

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Discography

Nielsen / Debussy / Francaix: Clarinet Concertos

Nielsen / Debussy / Francaix: Clarinet Concertos
  • Label
    Mdg
  • Conductor
    Jose Luis Gomez
  • Ensemble
    Hamburger Symphoniker
  • Soloist
    Vladimir Soltan, Clarinet
  • Released
    5th August 2016