Labor: Clarinet Quintet; Clarinet Trios; Quintet for Winds and Piano

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Label
Capriccio
Release Date
January 6, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Josef Labor
    • PERFORMER
      Thorsten Johanns, Nina Karmon, Andreas Willwohl, Alexander Hulshoff
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 06, 2023
    • UPC
      845221054735
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      C5473
    • LABEL
      Capriccio
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Thorsten Johanns, Nina Karmon, Andreas Willwohl, Alexander Hülshoff, Oliver Triendl

    2. II. Allegretto grazioso

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Thorsten Johanns, Nina Karmon, Andreas Willwohl, Alexander Hülshoff, Oliver Triendl

    3. III. Quasi Fantasia: Adagio -

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Thorsten Johanns, Nina Karmon, Andreas Willwohl, Alexander Hülshoff, Oliver Triendl

    4. IV. Tema con Variazioni: Quasi Allegretto

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Thorsten Johanns, Nina Karmon, Andreas Willwohl, Alexander Hülshoff, Oliver Triendl

    5. I. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Thorsten Johanns, Andreas Willwohl, Oliver Triendl

    6. II. Quasi Allegretto e grazioso

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Thorsten Johanns, Andreas Willwohl, Oliver Triendl

    7. III. Adagio ma non troppo

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Thorsten Johanns, Andreas Willwohl, Oliver Triendl

    8. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Thorsten Johanns, Andreas Willwohl, Oliver Triendl

    9. I. Allegro comodo

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Juri Vallentin, Thorsten Johanns, Theo Plath, Přemysl Vojta, Oliver Triendl

    10. II. Adagio

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Juri Vallentin, Thorsten Johanns, Theo Plath, Přemysl Vojta, Oliver Triendl

    11. III. Quasi Allegretto

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Juri Vallentin, Thorsten Johanns, Theo Plath, Přemysl Vojta, Oliver Triendl

    12. IV. Thema mit Variationen. Moderato

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Juri Vallentin, Thorsten Johanns, Theo Plath, Přemysl Vojta, Oliver Triendl

    13. I. Allegro comodo

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Thorsten Johanns, Alexander Hülshoff, Oliver Triendl

    14. II. Scherzo: Allegro

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Thorsten Johanns, Alexander Hülshoff, Oliver Triendl

    15. III. Adagio ma non troppo

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Thorsten Johanns, Alexander Hülshoff, Oliver Triendl

    16. IV. Thema mit Variationen: Allegretto

      Composer: Josef Labor

      Performer: Thorsten Johanns, Alexander Hülshoff, Oliver Triendl


The loss of one sense, it is said, makes the other keener. What the concert pianist, organist, and composer Josef Labor lost in eyesight when smallpox left him blind at age three, must have been added to his ears. Although roughly a Brahmsian (and a friend of the composer), Labor wrote in an original style, informed by his knowledge of and love for early music. As a piano teacher, he taught Arnold Schoenberg, Alma Schindler, and Paul Wittgenstein. The connection to the Wittgenstein family explains his many works for piano left hand, including the two Clarinet Trios on this set (the clarinet was Ludwig Wittgenstein’s instrument) which are coupled with his Clarinet- and his Wind Quintets.

REVIEW:

From the evidence here, there is no question that Labor had studied Brahms well and produced startlingly effective facsimiles. Sample the finale of the Trio in G minor for clarinet, viola, and piano left hand; it could easily be taken for a forgotten Brahms work. Labor did not manage Brahms' exquisite combination of limpid tunes with dizzying structural complexity, but at times, he came very close. All but one of the pieces here receive their world premieres. A few other pieces by Labor have surfaced, but these are fortunate to receive the fluent performances with which they're favored here. This release is certainly of interest to lovers of pre-WWI Vienna and those interested in the Wittgenstein family, but also to those beyond.

-- AllMusic.com (James Manheim)