Archduke Rudolph: Music for clarinet and piano

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Release Date: 23rd Jun 2014
Catalogue No: 94952
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 61 minutes

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Rudolph: Clarinet Sonata in B-Flat Major

Work length2:59

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Luigi Magistrelli, Claudia Bracco

Allegro (unfinished)

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Rudolph: Variations on a Theme by J. Weigl

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Luigi Magistrelli, Claudia Bracco

Rudolph: Theme and Variations (Arrangement of the Original incomplete Version for clarinet and orchestra)

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Luigi Magistrelli, Claudia Bracco

Rudolph: Introduction and Variations on a Theme by J. Weigl

Work length11:45

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Rudolph: Variations on a Theme by J. Weigl for Clarinet and 2 Pianos (Arr. For clarinet and piano)

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Luigi Magistrelli, Claudia Bracco

Rudolph: Sonata in B flat major

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Luigi Magistrelli, Claudia Bracco

I. Andante - Allegro

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II. Andante

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Rudolph: Six Dances

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Luigi Magistrelli, Claudia Bracco

No. 1 in E-Flat Major

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No. 2 in E-Flat Major

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No. 3 in E-Flat Major

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No. 4 in B-Flat Major

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No. 5 in F Major

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No. 6 in F Major

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Rudolph: Adagio and Polacca

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Luigi Magistrelli, Claudia Bracco

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This fascinating disc brings together some real musical rarities: the unpublished clarinet works of Archduke Rudolph of Austria, a pianist and amateur composer who is best known for being a pupil and patron of Beethoven. In the early 19th century, Rudolph began taking piano and composition lessons with Beethoven; they became close friends and the Archduke went on to become the composer’s patron.

Beethoven dedicated no fewer than 14 works to Rudolph – including some of his greatest masterpieces such as the ‘Emperor’ Concerto, the ‘Hammerklavier’ Sonata and the Missa solemnis – and the two men regularly exchanged letters.

The influence of the great composer on his friend and protégé is palpable in the charming works collected here, many of which have been reconstructed from surviving fragments following meticulous research by the artists. There are several works comprising variations on themes and operatic arias by Joseph Weigl, who was an eminent composer at the Viennese court at the time – Beethoven also used a theme from one of Weigl’s operas in his Op.11 Clarinet Trio. Also featured are some delightfully elegant waltzes, a lyrical Andante and brilliant (albeit incomplete) Polacca, and a set of variations – also on a theme by Weigl for the unique combination of clarinet and two pianos.

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