Jorg Widmann

András Schiff & Jörg Widmann - Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas (2020)

András Schiff & Jörg Widmann - Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 207 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 149 Mb | Covers included | 01:04:49
Classical | Label: ECM Records

Two great artists, pianist András Schiff and composer/clarinettist Jörg Widmann, join forces for the first time on record, performing Brahms’s late masterpieces, the clarinet sonatas op. 120, written in 1894. In between the sonatas Schiff plays Widmann’s evocative Intermezzi for piano. As Jörg Widmann explains in a programme note, these are works inspired by his friendship with András Schiff and by a shared love of Brahms, to whom they pay tribute. The album was recorded at Neumarkt’s Historischer Reitstadel.
Jörg Widmann & Hagen Quartett - Mozart & Widmann: Clarinet Quintets (2023)

Jörg Widmann & Hagen Quartett - Mozart & Widmann: Clarinet Quintets (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 235 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 166 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:11:54
Classical | Label: myrios classics

Hardly any combination of instruments is more appealing than a string quartet and a clarinet; together they make a magical melange. The Hagen Quartet and Jörg Widmann have recorded Mozart's Clarinet Quintet, a "work among friends", in this irresistible blend. Jörg Widmann, clarinettist and composer in equal measure, picks up on the omnipresent themes of "floating, love, and chant" in Mozart's notes and creates a weighty counterpart to Mozart's popular work with his own clarinet quintet, which is available here in a world premiere recording.
Jörg Widmann, Hagen Quartett - Mozart & Widmann: Clarinet Quintets (2022)

Jörg Widmann, Hagen Quartett - Mozart & Widmann: Clarinet Quintets (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 258 Mb | Total time: 71:56 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Myrios Classics | # MYR031 | Recorded: 2019

Hardly any combination of instruments is more appealing than a string quartet and a clarinet; together they make a magical melange. The Hagen Quartet and Jörg Widmann have recorded Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, a “work among friends”, in this irresistible blend. Jörg Widmann, clarinettist and composer in equal measure, picks up on the omnipresent themes of “floating, love, and chant” in Mozart’s notes and creates a weighty counterpart to Mozart’s popular work with his own clarinet quintet, which is available here in a world premiere recording.
Christian Tetzlaff, Daniel Harding - Jörg Widmann: Violin Concerto, Antiphon, Insel der Sirenen (2013)

Christian Tetzlaff, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Harding - Jörg Widmann: Violin Concerto, Antiphon, Insel der Sirenen (2013)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 60:00 | 280 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Ondine | Catalog: ODE 1215-2

For this 2013 release from Ondine, violinist Christian Tetzlaff, conductor Daniel Harding, and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra present three exciting works by Jörg Widmann, a German composer who possesses an impressive talent for orchestration. The Violin Concerto is the most imposing piece on the program, at nearly a half hour in duration and of an exceptionally wide range of techniques and sonorities, and it serves as a powerfully expressive vehicle for Tetzlaff. Long lines predominate, and the tonal inflections of the chromatic writing make it quite accessible to listeners who don't normally listen to contemporary works.
Jörg Widmann - Weber: Clarinet Quintet, Concertino for Clarinet, Grand Duo Concertant & Der Freischütz Overture (2020)

Jörg Widmann, Irish Chamber Orchestra & Denis Kozhukhin - Weber: Clarinet Quintet, Concertino for Clarinet, Grand Duo Concertant & Der Freischütz Overture (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 269 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 164 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:09:24
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics, Outhere Music

This cd is a passionate plea on behalf of this brilliant composer, whose virtuosity is never empty but always inspired, glowing with dramatic tension. particularly in slow movements there is a menacing depth to his tonal colours and atmospheres, whose originality and sheer joy in experimentation still fascinates us today. Weber knew and loved the clarinet like no other, excepting only Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. the works gathered together on this cd are all declarations of love to the clarinet. and so i join in, unisono, with berlioz’s enthusiastic cry from the heart:o Weber!!!
Irish Chamber Orchestra & Jörg Widmann - Widmann, Strauss & Beethoven: Con brio (2021)

Irish Chamber Orchestra & Jörg Widmann - Widmann, Strauss & Beethoven: Con brio (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 275 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 155 Mb | 01:07:37
Classical | Label: Alpha Classics, Outhere Music

Here we meet Jörg Widmann as soloist, conductor and composer. With his piece Con brio, premiered in 2008, he pays a vibrant tribute to Beethoven in general and his Seventh Symphony in particular. At the head of the excellent Irish Chamber Orchestra, of which he is principal conductor, he has also recorded the aforementioned Symphony no.7, which occupies a special place among the most grandiose works of Beethoven; he himself considered the second movement to be one of his finest compositions! He wrote this symphony in 1812, when deafness was beginning to take its toll on him, the Napoleonic Wars were raging in Russia, and he met Goethe. Richard Strauss was in his twilight years when he composed his last instrumental work, the Duett-Concertino for clarinet and bassoon with string orchestra and harp, in 1947.
Ilya Gringolts, Dmitry Kouzov - Eisler, Ravel, Widmann: Duos (2019)

Ilya Gringolts, Dmitry Kouzov - Eisler, Ravel, Widmann: Duos (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 260 Mb | Total time: 66:34 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Delos | # DE3556 | Recorded: 2018

The graceful, expressive and witty Duo for Violin and Cello by Hanns Eisler, written when the composer was 26 years old, is a multifaceted work showcasing the composer’s brilliant intellect. Best-known for his long artistic association with playwright Bertolt Brecht, Eisler always took care to make a deep connection with his audience.
Sarah Aristidou, Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg & Jörg Widmann - Enigma (2023)

Sarah Aristidou, Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg & Jörg Widmann - Enigma (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 256 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 170 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:13:04
Classical, Vocal | Label: Alpha Classics

‘Enigma’ is the Greek word for ‘riddle’, ‘mystery’, ‘secret’. At the moment of entering or leaving life, there is always a sound: the cry of a newborn baby or the last sigh of a dying person giving up the ghost. Soprano Sarah Aristidou sets out in search of the original sound in this programme, which opens with Andreas Tsiartas’s Lamento Turco . The voice emerges from silence in a wordless lament on the vowel ‘A’.
Sol Gabetta, Bertrand Chamayou - Mendelssohn, Holliger, Rihm, Widmann, Coll (2024)

Sol Gabetta, Bertrand Chamayou - Mendelssohn, Holliger, Rihm, Widmann, Coll (2024)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 386 Mb | Total time: 01:23:50 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 19439934002 | Recorded: 2022, 2023

For her new double-album Sol Gabetta teams up with excellent French pianist Betrand Chamayou, with whom she plays sold out concerts in major concert halls. The album features Mendelssohn's complete works for cello and piano and new, short pieces written by famous contemporary composers Wolfgang Rihm, Heinz Holliger, Francisco Coll and Jörg Widman specifically for this album, all of which were inspired by Mendelssohn’s beautiful "Lied ohne Worte, Op. 109." The album was recorded at the famous new Philharmonie de Paris.
Sergei Nakariakov, Jörg Widmann & Irish Chamber Orchestra - Haydn & Mozart: Metamorphosis (2023)

Sergei Nakariakov, Jörg Widmann & Irish Chamber Orchestra - Haydn & Mozart: Metamorphosis (2023)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 148 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 89 Mb | 00:38:42
Classical | Label: Luiza Records

“Sergei Nakariakov plays the trumpet the way the rest of us breathe – if we are lucky.” (San Francisco Chronicle)