Schumannâs manuscript, which is located in the French National Library in Paris has been recorded on this CD, therefore making it a very rare recording of the original version of op. 73, the âSoiréestückeâ, as they were authorized by the composer.

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Schumann Soiréestücke op. 73:

Schumann, born in 1810, had composed the pieces in Dresden early in 1849, which, in his own opinion, was his most productive year. The first piece was finished on 12 February 1849, and already on the next day Schumann completed
the cycle with numbers two and three. Schumannâs wife Clara was delighted with her husbandâs novel idea for the title âSoiréestücke für Clarinette und Pianoforteâ in the autograph (...)

Reger Sonata f-sharp minor op. 49 No. 2:

At age 27 Max Reger composed his two sonatas for clarinet and piano op. 49 which were inspired â as we learn from this report by Regerâs piano and organ teacher Adalbert Lindner â by Brahmsâs eminent contribution
to this genre. Regerâs skillful treatment of the clarinet as an ensemble â rather than as a solo instrument
was splendidly continued in the sonata op. 107, published by Bote & Bock in 1909, and in 1916 finally reached its brilliant summit in his very last composition, the quintet for clarinet and strings in A-major op. 146. (...)

Berg Four Pieces op. 5

In âVier Stücke für Klarinette und Klavierâ op. 5 the 28-year-old Viennese composer Alban Berg addressed the aphorisitic style for the first time in his career, a style which was characteristic for both his longtime teacher and colleague Arnold Schönberg and his friend Anton Webern. (...)