Emil Jonason plays Lindberg & Golijov

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This is not music at the vanguard of innovation but in its directness of utterance, sharp evocation and keen interplay between soloist and tutti it is a joy. Lindberg can certainly write for... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2017 More…

Release Date: 28th Apr 2017
Catalogue No: BIS2188
Label: BIS
Length: 59 minutes

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Lindberg, C: Clarinet Concerto "The Erratic Dreams of Mr Grönstedt"

Work length25:20

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Emil Jonason
Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra
Christian Lindberg

I. The Mirror of Saturn

Track length2:31

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II. Mr. Grönstedt Dresses for the Spring Ball

Track length2:56

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III. Lisa and the Magic Cape

Track length4:56

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IV. Grönstedt Looks for Treasures on a Rubbish Heap

Track length2:22

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V. Cadenza. The World of Euphoric Dreams

Track length1:49

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VI. The Dream of Venus

Track length10:46

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Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind

Work length34:33

$6.50

$11.65

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Emil Jonason
Vamlingbo Quartet

Prelude

Track length3:22

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II. Part 1

Track length8:33

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III. Part 2

Track length10:29

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IV. Part 3 (K'vakarat)

Track length9:14

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Postlude

Track length2:55

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Selected by ECHO (the European Concert Hall Organisation) as one of its ‘Rising Stars’ of the 2009/10 season, the Swedish clarinettist Emil Jonason has become increasingly visible on the international music scene. For his first disc on the BIS label he has chosen to record a concerto written for him by his compatriot Christian Lindberg, composer, conductor and legendary trombonist. As Lindberg remarks in his own note on the work, the soloist was involved at all stages of the compositional process. But the Erratic Dreams are the composer’s own – as is the figure of Mr Grönstedt, the main character of those dreams, and of the six movements that make up the colourful score.

In his teens, Emil Jonason was attracted by klezmer music, and played in various klezmer bands. It was therefore a natural choice to combine Lindberg’s concerto with the Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov’s work The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind. In contrast to Lindberg, Golijov found inspiration in a historic figure, the medieval rabbi Isaac the Blind, and his lifelong dedication to the ideas of the Kabbalah. Golijov describes the movements of his work being written in three of the different languages spoken by the Jewish people throughout its history: Aramaic, Yiddish (‘the rich and fragile language of a long exile’) and Hebrew. The work includes references to Jewish prayers as well as to klezmer tunes and the clarinettist is specifically requested by the composer to acquaint himself with the idiom of klezmer music.

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July 2017

This is not music at the vanguard of innovation but in its directness of utterance, sharp evocation and keen interplay between soloist and tutti it is a joy. Lindberg can certainly write for orchestra but is never in demonstration mode despite the music's panache. Emil Jonason is impeccably smooth and suave, except when Lindberg asks him not to be.

August 2017

This disc provides a first-class introduction to the dazzling artistry of a brilliant clarinet talent, and provides further evidence of Christian Lindberg’s growing compositional mastery.

Classical Ear July 2017

It’s a rollercoaster of a ride, full of compelling ideas, a characterful clarinet line and rich orchestral accompaniment. Jonason plays it to the hilt, seemingly as far gone in places as Lindberg. There’s a great deal of fun to be had if you are happy to go along with the helter- skelter twists and turns, chiaroscuro emotions and volte- face shifts in mood.

Emil Jonason plays Lindberg & Golijov

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