Vivaldi Martin Fröst

• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741): Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 1 in B-Flat Major "Sant' Angelo":
• 1 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 1 in B-Flat Major "Sant' Angelo": I. Allegro 05:39
• 2 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 1 in B-Flat Major "Sant' Angelo": II. Adagio 07:14
• 3 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 1 in B-Flat Major "Sant' Angelo": III. Molto Allegro 03:11
• Sinfonia for Strings and Basso Continuo in C Major (From "Il Giustino RV 717"):
• 4 Sinfonia for Strings and Basso Continuo in C Major (From "Il Giustino RV 717"): I. Allegro 02:12
• 5 Sinfonia for Strings and Basso Continuo in C Major (From "Il Giustino RV 717"): II. Andante 02:33
• 6 Sinfonia for Strings and Basso Continuo in C Major (From "Il Giustino RV 717"): III. Allegro 00:48
• Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 2 in D Minor "La Fenice":
• 7 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 2 in D Minor "La Fenice": I. Allegro molto 04:55
• 8 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 2 in D Minor "La Fenice": II. Adagio 05:13
• 9 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 2 in D Minor "La Fenice": III. Allegro vivace 03:00
• Sinfonia for Strings and Basso Continuo in C Major (From "L'Olimpiade RV 725"):
• 10 Sinfonia for Strings and Basso Continuo in C Major (From "L'Olimpiade RV 725"): I. Allegro 02:02
• 11 Sinfonia for Strings and Basso Continuo in C Major (From "L'Olimpiade RV 725"): II. Andante 02:17
• 12 Sinfonia for Strings and Basso Continuo in C Major (From "L'Olimpiade RV 725"): III. Allegro 01:11
• Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 3 in F Major "Il Mezzetino":
• 13 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 3 in F Major "Il Mezzetino": I. Adagio 02:40
• 14 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 3 in F Major "Il Mezzetino": II. Allegro 03:29
• 15 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 3 in F Major "Il Mezzetino": III. Andante 03:32
• 16 Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No. 3 in F Major "Il Mezzetino": IV. Allegro 01:32
• Antonio Vivaldi:
• 17 Air for Chalumeau "La Tortora" 07:22
• Total Runtime 58:50

Info for Vivaldi

Martin Fröst has pushed the boundaries of the clarinet repertoire on every front and reinvented the role of the instrumental soloist.

Fröst goes back to basics while also enacting his boldest transformation of all. With Concerto Köln, the clarinet virtuoso presents an all-Vivaldi album including premiere recordings of ‘new’ clarinet concertos drawn from Vivaldi’s catalogue of opera and oratorio arias.

On this album, Fröst imagines what Vivaldi might have done had he lived long enough to know the clarinet better. Fröst uses a specially built boxwood instrument to get as close as possible to the sound of the best 18th-century clarinets Vivaldi knew without forgoing the technical capabilities of its modern descendants.

Martin Fröst, clarinetr
Concerto Köln

Martin Fröst
Undoubtedly one of the most outstanding wind instrumentalists of today, Martin Fröst future highlights include debuts with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchester, Orchestre National de France, Detroit Symphony and Washington’s National Symphony Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber, Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, Bamberger Symphoniker and NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, plus return visits to the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Luzerner Sinfonieorchester. He also returns to the Australian Chamber Orchestra following a substantial tour of Europe with them last season, and embarks on a major European tour with the Amsterdam Sinfonietta performing Weber and Copland in May 2013. Last season Martin Fröst performed with the Wiener Symphoniker, Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Minnesota Orchestra (all under Osmo Vänskä), Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra (Gustavo Dudamel), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen as well as the Tonkünstler, Oslo and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic orchestras. In August 2012 he made his debut at New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival performing Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto under the direction of Louis Langrée.

Keen to expand the existing clarinet concerto repertoire, Martin has personally championed Anders Hillborg’s Peacock Tales (which incorporates elements of mine and dance), Kalevi Aho’s Concerto (commissioned for him by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust) and Rolf Martinsson’s Concerto Fantastique. 2012/13 sees him premiere a new concerto by Bent Sørensen with the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Cologne’s Philharmonie under Michael Schønwandt.

A keen recitalist and chamber musician, Martin Fröst gave five concerts as part of a major residency at Cologne’s Philharmonie in 2010/11 including a dance programme ’Double Points’ with violinist Janine Jansen. In 2011/12 Fröst performed in venues including London’s Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw, the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Berlin’s Konzerthaus and the Vienna Konzerthaus. He has a long-standing association with the Verbier Festival, and this season not only appears at the festival but also with the Verbier Festival Orchestra in Schloss Elmau and on tour around Asia.

Fröst regularly collaborates with such musicians as Leif Ove Andsnes, Janine Jansen, Julian Rachlin, Thorleif Thedéen, Roland Pöntinen and the Belcea and Apollon Musagète Quartets. Upcoming chamber appearances include performances at the Schubertiade and a series of concerts with Marc-André Hamelin and Anthony Marwood in Boston, San Francisco and London’s Wigmore Hall.

Fröst conducted a series of concerts with the Oslo Philharmonic last season, as well as conducting programmes with Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Norrkoping Symphony orchestras plus Swedish and Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Future conducting dates include projects with Detroit Symphony and Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

Martin Fröst is the Artistic Director of the Vinterfest in Mora, and of the International Chamber Music Festival in Stavanger, Norway. He has an extensive discography for BIS, with whom he has an exclusive contract; his recent CD ‘Dances to a Black Pipe’ received substantial critical acclaim.

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