BLUE HOUR
Andreas Ottensamer
Brahms: Intermezzo in A major op. 118/2**
Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte*
op. 30/4&6 (Venetianisches Gondellied)
op. 67/2&3, op. 85/4&6, op. 102/1
Weber:
Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor op. 73
Grand Duo concertant for Piano and Clarinet
in E flat major op. 48
Andreas Ottensamer · Yuja Wang
Berliner Philharmoniker · Mariss Jansons
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Austrian clarinettist Andreas Ottensamer has joined forces with Chinese pianist Yuja Wang to record an album of works by composers of the Romantic era. Blue Hour features some of the jewels of the repertoire, including Brahms’s Intermezzo in A major, Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words – arranged for clarinet and piano by Ottensamer – and Weber’s virtuosic Grand Duo concertant. The album reveals Ottensamer to be not just a sensitive and responsive chamber partner, but also a brilliant soloist, as he gives a dazzling performance of Weber’s First Clarinet Concerto, recorded with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Mariss Jansons.
Listen to the new pre-release track: Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 30: No. 6 Allegretto tranquillo “Venetianisches Gondellied” (Arr. Ottensamer for Clarinet and Strings)
Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
00028948360697
