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Romanza featuring Jose Gallardo

“For me,” says Andreas Ottensamer, “chamber music is the ‘purest form’ of making music, requiring virtuosity, expressiveness and the utmost sensitivity in the musicians’ interplay. Every note counts.” The Austrian clarinettist-conductor’s love of the chamber genre and his in-depth understanding of its complex demands lie at the heart of Romanza, his latest album for Deutsche Grammophon. Ottensamer recorded Romanza with Argentinean pianist José Gallardo, his long-standing chamber partner and co artistic director of the Bürgenstock Festival.

Together the duo perform works by Brahms, Debussy, Gershwin, Poulenc, Rachmaninoff, Rota and more. Some were written expressly for clarinet and piano, others are transcriptions, several of them realised by Ottensamer himself. Having stepped down in January as principal clarinet of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Ottensamer is now focusing on his work as a conductor, but also plans to continue performing as soloist and chamber musician.

Andreas Ottensamer:

New Era

Andreas Ottensamer presents a dazzling selection of the clarinet's early repertoire from 18th Century Mannheim, with works by J. and C.P. Stamitz, Mozart and Danzi, together with the Kammerakademie Potsdam. This recording features duets with Albrecht Mayer and Emmanuel Pahud - two of the great wind soloists of our time and Ottensamer's friends and colleagues at the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Andreas Ottensamer:

Brahms: The Hungarian Connection

Austrian clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer releases a new album on Mercury Classics/Deutsche Grammophon which explores the connections Brahms had to Hungarian folk music. Joined by a virtuoso ensemble of musicians, Ottensamer records Brahms' Clarinet Quintet combined with Hungarian dances and waltzes by Brahms, all newly arranged to include additional material from Brahms' original musical sources, with an authentic folk twist.