Bernhard Henrik Crusell Clarinet Quartet in C minor (1/2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eThMWxEpZI
Allegri String Quartet
Thea King - Clarinet

Bernhard Henrik Crusell (October 15, 1775 July 28, 1838) was a Swedish-Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator, the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born Classical composer and indeed, the outstanding Finnish composer before Sibelius. Although a foreigner to Stockholm,[1] he rose to a prominent position in the Swedish music world.

In Stockholm Crusell was employed for forty years (1793-1833) playing principal clarinet with the Hovkapellet (Royal Court Orchestra), and eventually became an internationally celebrated clarinetist. It is indicative of his reputation that he was for many years the best-paid musician in the entire orchestra. Crusell also attained fame as a renowned clarinet virtuoso, and went to Germany to study and perform in 1798, 1803 and 1811; on the second occasion, when a Napoleonic hegemony united much of Europe, his trips extended as far as Paris. During this time he maintained a travel diary in Finnish.

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• Clarinet
• Quartet
• in
• minor
• Allegri
• String
• Thea
• King
• Sweedish
• composer
• finnish

[abbyscks]

not the right reed for this performance at all... i would be interested in hearing a better recording.

[MICHaeLDIZZLE]

Crusell concerto No. 2 is amazing. His works are really amazing, he's getting more recognition these days though Martin frost just came out with an album of the three concertos. And concerto 2 is in the coservatory sylabus for performer's AR here. This performer sounds like she's using a really soft or old reed....

[GoldDragon0314]

I totally agree. I love his first one though, I'm playing it right now <3

[inturtaner]

i hate how little admiration Crusell received for his compositions. his second clarinet concerto is one of the best out there