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01. Clarinet Concerto, Op. 104 I. Allegro
02. Clarinet Concerto, Op. 104 II. Andante
03. Clarinet Concerto, Op. 104 III. Allegretto
04. Clarinet Sonata, Op. 28 I. Allegro
05. Clarinet Sonata, Op. 28 II. Allegretto
06. Clarinet Sonata, Op. 28 III. Adagio
07. Chamber Symphony No. 4, Op. 153 I. Lento
08. Chamber Symphony No. 4, Op. 153 II. Allegro molto-Moderato
09. Chamber Symphony No. 4, Op. 153 III. Adagio-Meno mosso
10. Chamber Symphony No. 4, Op. 153 IV. Andantino-Adagissimo
Mieczys?aw Weinberg was familiar with the clarinet from his youth, given its prominent place in klezmer bands and theatre ensembles, and he wrote three works specifically for the instrument. In the Clarinet Concerto he draws a wide range of textures from the accompanying strings, over which the soloist explores the clarinet’s extremes of register in virtuosic fashion. Despite having been written when Weinberg was still in his mid-twenties, the Clarinet Sonata is a mature work with Romantic and folkloric elements. His last completed work was the Chamber Symphony No. 4, an impassioned piece with a wrenching chorale theme and role for obbligato clarinet.