November 2006
In the same price category, De Peyer’s legendary account of the Mozart Concerto, conducted by the superb Mozartean Peter Maag, has been reissued in the very economical Australian Eloquence series, together with less familiar but utterly delightful concertos by Weber and Spohr, under Colin Davis. Pretty basic to any serious collection. And, for a heartening indication of what is happening in the clarinet world today, Linn has brought out a stunning recital by the young Spanish virtuoso Maximiliano Martín, who just may be his generation’s De Peyer. He is partnered by his pianist compatriot Inocencio Negrín in an imaginative assortment of 20th-century "basic repertory" pieces and virtually unknown earlier bravura numbers. They are all set forth brilliantly, engagingly, and by no means superficially. Martín has the intellectual vitality as well as the chops to dig deep into the individual character of the respective pieces for his own fulfilling enjoyment and that of the fortunate listener. Exceptional sound, too. The HDCD-compatible CD layer is almost as breathtakingly realistic as the SACD layer. GO BACK TO: |
Brahms - Clarinet Sonatas, Op. 120, Nos. 1
& 2; Beethoven - Trio in B-flat, Op. 11
Mozart
- Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622; Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 2
in E-flat, Op. 74; Spohr: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 26
Lutoslawski - Dance
Preludes; Yuste Moreno - Capricho pintoresco; Estudio melódico; Debussy
- Première Rapsodie; Poulenc - Clarinet Sonata; Nielsen - Fantasy;
Romero y Andía: Fantasía on Themes from "Lucrecia Borgia"