Credits:

Jorg Widmann

Description:

Witman: Performing His Own Works, Beethoven, and Richard StraussConducting and Playing!An album featuring Witmana leading contemporary composer, clarinetist, and conductorand his flagship ensemble, the Irish Chamber Orchestra (ICO).The opening track, Con Brio, is a work that Witman composed after being commissioned to create a new piece to accompany Beethovens Symphony No. 7 and No. 8 during Mariss Jansons Beethoven cycle with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; he freely developed the theme from Symphony No. 7 to create this piece (The live recording from Suntory Hall featuring Jansons and the BR Symphony Orchestra has already been released by BR-KLASSIK, catalog number 900137). This marks the long-awaited first recording by the composer himself.Richard Strausss Double Concerto, composed in his later years, is a small yet compelling work that incorporates dramatic elements into a classical