Clarinet concertos

"A unique pairing on record of 20th-century clarinet concertos, full of musical laughter and mischief ... The Nielsen is a classic of the genre, probably the best-known and most-played example from the last century, abounding in Nielsen's zany humour and rebellious temperament ... Françaix was a fluent musician to a fault, born and brought up within a deeply musical family unlike Nielsen, and blessed with a ready way with melody. In 1968 he wrote this four-movement concerto ... Clarinetist Paolo Beltramini ... collaborated with Martha Argerich and Heinz Holliger. He has been first clarinetist of the Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. In this recording he plays with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, of which he is presently first desk player".

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