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NI 6153

Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas

The Classical Shop
release date: May 2012

Originally recorded in 2011
Artists:

Emma Johnson

clarinet

John Lenehan

piano

Venue:

Wyastone Leys, Monmouthshire, UK



Record Label
Nimbus

Genre:

Woodwind


Piano

Total Time - 78:35
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JOHANNES BRAHMS

 

Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1

 23:59  
1 I Allegro appassionato 8:40
2 II Andante un poco adagio 5:22
3 III Allegretto grazioso 4:46
4 IV Vivace 5:11
   
 

Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120 No. 2

 22:49  
5 I Allegro amabile 9:35
6 II Allegro appassionato - Sostenuto 5:29
7 III Andante con mot - Allegro 7:45
   
 

FELIX MENDELSSOHN

 

Sonata in E flat major

 19:57  
8 

Adagio - Allegro moderato

 8:12
9 

Andante

 5:32
10 

Allegro moderato

 6:13
   
 

ROBERT SCHUMANN

 

Phantasiestucke

 11:50  
11 I Zart und mit Ausdruck 3:38
12 II Lebhaft, leicht 3:49
13 III Rasch und mit Feuer 4:23


One of the few clarinettists to have established a busy international career as a soloist, Emma Johnson has performed across Europe the USA and the Far East, as well as in Africa and Australia. In Britain she has achieved great popularity, regularly playing to sold-out concert halls as well as appearing at the top of the classical CD charts. Emma Johnson has appeared as soloist with many leading orchestras including London Symphony, Philharmonia, English Chamber Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, Salzburg Camerata and Netherlands Philharmonic in venues such as the Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall and Kennedy Centre. Her repertoire includes over forty different concertos, some of which were written especially for her by composers such as John Dankworth, Michael Berkeley and Jonathan Dove. Praised by the New York Times for his ’great flair and virtuosity’ and the London Times ’a masterly recital’, John Lenehan’s performances and recordings have been acclaimed throughout the world. As a soloist he has appeared with leading orchestras at home and abroad in 2010/11 making his debut with both the London Symphony Orchestra (at the Barbican) and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (at Philharmonic Hall). His innovative recital programmes often include film projection and jazz repertoire. In a performing career spanning more than 30 years John Lenehan has collaborated with many leading instrumentalists and is recognised as an outstanding accompanist and chamber musician. During the past few years he has appeared in major concert halls in Amsterdam, Vienna, Salzburg, New York, Washington, Toronto, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo.

"...no one is likely to be disappointed by any of the ingredients - music, performances, audio quality - of this new release.Johnson and the hugely experienced British pianist John Lenehan have recorded together previously. Here they give invigorative performances of great charm and intimacy from beginning to end. There’s natural and instinctive responsiveness to each other. This offers, for example, a controlled yet farm-fresh account of the Brahms Sonatas, magisterially articulated and elegantly paced..."

Byzantion - MusicWeb-International.com - 11 July 2012


                     Performance  ****      Recording ***

Anthony Burton - BBC Music magazine - August 2012


"...This disc is probably the first choice for listeners interested in this programme and it is difficult to imagine these performances being surpassed. The sound quality is fully worthy of such distinguished music making and the booklet notes, by Emma Johnson herself, are interesting as well as informative.
 
David Jennings - musicweb-international.com - 20 June 2012
 


"... a collection of exceptional interpretations from a masterly duo."

Nalen Anthoni -  Gramophone magazine - July 2012


"At first it seems surprising that Emma Johnson has waited until now to record two pillars of the repertoire, Brahms’s opus 120 clarinet sonatas, but it soon becomes apparent why: these are the fruit of Brahms’s sunset years, works of profound maturity that require a deep understanding that only years of careful performance and interpretation can produce. The result is definitive; Johnson’s gorgeous tone evoking the reputed delicate, warm and unaffected sound of the sonatas’ dedicatee, Richard Mühlfeld. The Mendelssohn sonata, written when he was just 15, is a charming contrast, its youthful confidence beautifully captured by Johnson’s winning partnership with John Lenehan, which is most strikingly apparent in their triumphant reading of the Schumann Phantasiestücke. A landmark disc."

Stephen Pritchard - The Sunday Observer


"We owe an immense debt to Richard Mühlfeld. Brahms had retired when the Meiningen clarinettist’s artistry drew him back to composition, as a result of which we have the clarinet trio and quintet, and these two sonatas, as well as the late piano pieces and the Four Serious Songs. I have heard more fiery accounts of the F minor sonata’s first movement, but none that bring out so well its profound sadness. The 15-year-old Mendelssohn’s E flat sonata is a delightful discovery: any danger of excessive blandness is banished by Johnson’s beautiful phrasing and rich colours, and by Lenehan’s powerful playing."

The Sunday Times
 




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