Louis Spohr
1784–1859. German composer. in the Early Romanticism tradition.
Louis Spohr was a prominent early Romantic composer and violin virtuoso, known for clarinet concertos and violin works. Moderately recognized in specialist classical circles but not mainstream. Marketing tag 'European Erage' corrected to valid option.
Signature works: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Clarinet Concerto No. 4 in E minor, Violin Concerto No. 8 in A minor (Gesangsszene), The Last Judgment (Des Heilands letzte Stunden), Nonet in F major.
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The Romantic Room – Chamber Works by Spohr
Spohr: Complete Works for Clarinet & Orchestra / Sundqvist, Gaudenz, NDR Radio Phil.
The Finnish artist Christoffer Sundqvist is one of the leading clarinetists of his generation, and we are very happy to have won him for our complete edition of Louis Spohr's works for clarinet and orchestra (partly first recordings!). Not only the extremely brilliant and masterful four clarinet concertos can be heard, but also all the other works for clarinet and orchestra, composed at that time for the virtuoso Johann Simon Hermstedt. When Hermstedt played Spohr's potpourri on themes from Winter's opera "Das unterbrochene Opferfest" op. 80 in Leipzig on October 13, 1812, the Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung commented: "The potpourri for clarinet was not only very happily composed from ideas of the sacrificial feast, but these ideas were also mostly quite excellently processed; and so it would like to stand at the top among the works of this genre. An indispensable complete edition, not only for clarinetists!
Duos fur zwei Violinen, Vol. 1 / Schoch, Toch
After Louis Spohr with the violin duets op.9 and op.13 had rather met the demand of the publishers for conventional teacher-pupil-play literature, he presented with the following duet collections opp. 39 and 67 clearly more demanding works, which have it not only play- but also movement-technically in itself. The two violinists Ursula Schoch and Tjeerd Toch present here the first installment of their complete recording of the duets opp.39 and 67. The members of the Concertgebouw Orchestra show that in these pieces the listener also gets his money's worth.
Duos fur zwei Violinen, Vol. 2 / Schoch, Toch
Violin duets generally have the reputation of being grateful playing literature for teachers and gifted students, but of giving the listener only limited pleasure. With the violin duets Opp. 39 and 67, however, Louis Spohr (1784-1859) presented several works that require two virtuoso players due to their high demands on playing and compositional technique. Ursula Schoch and Tjeerd Toch are both members of the famous Concertgebouw Orchestra and let us get our money's worth in the second installment of their complete recording of the two collections.
Spohr: Duos fur zwei Violinen, Vol. 3
Together with Op. 150, the Violin Duos Op. 148 and 153 form Spohr's last cycle in this genre. It is as if Spohr, whose last published compositions included the new duos, once again wanted to show all his ability to write large-scale music with the limited instrumentation. Ursula Schoch and Tjeerd Toch are both members of the famous Concertgebouw Orchestra.
