Mozart | Clarinet Works
Julien Hervé, Rotterdam Philharmonic OrkestAfter Waiting for Clara, which focused on the music of Brahms and Schumann, this second album on NoMadMusic from the clarinetist Julien Hervé looks back another few years, to the apex of Classical style, with Mozart’s quintet and concerto.
After discovering the instrument later in his life, Mozart fell entirely in love with it and dedicated these sublime pieces to it. This hedonistic, luminous programme, recorded live, offers us the opportunity to discover – or rediscover – two of the greatest masterpieces in the clarinet repertoire.
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Press Review
“Quand la clarinette entre, elle prend la parole au sens propre du terme. Articulations, phrasés, nuances : rien n’est laissé au hasard. Le tempo de l’Adagio est idéal et le pianissimo qui suit la délicieuse cadence un ravissement. Quand au Rondo final, il est à la fois badin et virtuose”