Jenner, R. Schumann & Weber: Works for Clarinet and Piano Jean Johnson & Steven Osborne

• Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920): Clarinet Sonata in G Major, Op. 5
• 1 Jenner: Clarinet Sonata in G Major, Op. 5: I. Allegro moderato e grazioso 07:37
• 2 Jenner: Clarinet Sonata in G Major, Op. 5: II. Adagio espressivo 09:39
• 3 Jenner: Clarinet Sonata in G Major, Op. 5: III. Allegretto grazioso – Vivace 04:14
• 4 Jenner: Clarinet Sonata in G Major, Op. 5: IV. Allegro energico 05:34
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Three Romances, Op. 94:
• 5 Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94: No. 1, Nicht schnell 03:26
• 6 Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94: No. 2, Einfach, innig 03:43
• 7 Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 94: No. 3, Nicht schnell 04:30
• Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896): Three Romances, Op. 22:
• 8 Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22: No. 1, Andante molto 03:23
• 9 Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22: No. 2, Allegretto: Mit zartem vortrage 02:46
• 10 Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22: No. 3, Leidenschaftlich schnell 03:42
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826): Grand duo concertant, Op. 48:
• 11 Weber: Grand duo concertant, Op. 48: I. Allegro con fuoco 09:06
• 12 Weber: Grand duo concertant, Op. 48: II. Andante con moto 06:16
• 13 Weber: Grand duo concertant, Op. 48: III. Rondo: Allegro 06:42
• Total Runtime 01:10:38

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„Einfach phänomenal“ (Fanfare) – die britisch-amerikanische Klarinettistin Jean Johnson gibt ihr Debüt bei Linn zusammen mit ihrem Ehemann, dem Pianisten Steven Osborne. Als begeisterte Kammermusikerin, die bereits in einigen der renommiertesten Konzertsälen der Welt aufgetreten ist, hat Jean ein Programm mit wunderschönen romantischen Werken zusammengestellt. Auch wenn Brahms in diesem Recital nicht vertreten ist, verbindet er doch alle vier Werke miteinander. Gustav Jenner war sein einziger Langzeit-Schüler; der stilistische Einfluss seines Lehrers ist in Jenners Klarinettensonate zu spüren, einem ambitionierten Werk, das die natürliche Melodiosität des Instruments zur Geltung bringt. Robert und Clara Schumann waren Freunde und Mentoren von Brahms, und Jean hat Arrangements ihrer Romanzen aufgenommen. Weber beschließt das Programm passend – Brahms verschob seinen Rückzug aus dem Musikleben, nachdem er sein Klarinettenkonzert gehört hatte – mit dem Grand Duo Concertant.

Jean Johnson, Klarinette
Steven Osborne, Klavier

Jean Johnson
British-American Clarinettist Jean Johnson is an international collaborator in chamber music programs and as such has played in some of world’s finest venues notably the Concertgebouw, Berlin Konzerthaus, Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Palais des Beaux-Arts. As part of her varied music life, Ms. Johnson is a member of the critically acclaimed trio ensemble,”Metamorphoses”and forms a duo with pianist Steven Osborne.

Notable chamber music festivals include Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center NYC, International Chamber Music Series Southbank Centre London, Seattle Chamber Music Society, Spannungen in Heimbach, Lammermuir Festival, Festival Peregrinos Musicales in Santiago de Compostela, Bath Music Festival, Hindsgavl Festival Denmark, Schwetzingen, Prussia Cove in Cornwall, St. Magnus Festival in Orkney, and many others. She has collaborated with chamber music groups around the world, such as the Utrecht, Heath, Edinburgh, and T’Ang Quartets, the Hebrides Ensemble, and has been a concerto soloist with leading orchestras. Forthcoming collaborations include recitals with pianist Danny Driver, concerts with Metamorphoses, Hebrides Ensemble, and performances throughout the UK, Spain, Netherlands, America, and further afield.

Jean Johnson was a student of Michael Sussman, earning both Performance and Music Education degrees at the University of Massachusetts. She attended Indiana University as an Associate Instructor in Clarinet, studying with Eli Eban and Alfred Prinz. As a Fellow at the Aspen Music Festival she studied with Theodore Oien. Ms. Johnson began her career with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in the posts of Associate and Acting Principal Clarinet. She enjoys frequent orchestral collaborations and is a regular Guest Principal with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and has been a Guest Principal with other leading orchestras such the Bergen Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, and Royal Scottish National Orchestra among many others. Jean has recorded both Brahms and Rozsa Sonatas on the Avie label with Steven Osborne. According to the New York Times, “a fine recording by the poised clarinetist Jean Johnson. Beautiful renditions of Brahms’s Clarinet Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 round out this lovely album.“ Her debut recording with Metamorphoses has earned the trio unanimous rave reviews from major publications around the world.

Steven Osborne
is one of Britain’s most treasured musicians with an immense depth of musicality and exceptional refinement of expression across diverse repertoire be it in Beethoven or Messiaen, Schubert or Ravel, Prokofiev or jazz improvisations. His numerous awards include The Royal Philharmonic Society Instrumentalist of the Year, two BBC Music Magazine Awards and two Gramophone Awards.

His residences at London’s Wigmore Hall, Antwerp’s deSingel, the Bath International Music Festival, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra are a testament to the respect he commands. Described by The Observer as “always a player in absolute service to the composer”, Steven Osborne’s 32 recordings on Hyperion have won multiple awards. His two 2021 releases, Prokofiev’s War

Sonatas, and French works for piano duet with Paul Lewis, were both shortlisted for a Gramophone Award.

Steven Osborne’s recitals are publicly and critically acclaimed without exception, and his 22/23 programmes revisit his recent recording repertoire of Beethoven and Rachmaninov interspersed with his own improvisations and another of his much-admired composers, Schubert. Osborne has performed at many of the world’s prestigious venues including the Wiener Konzerthaus, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Berlin Phillharmonie, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Kennedy Center Washington and is a regular guest at both Lincoln Center and Wigmore Hall.

Concerto performances take Steven Osborne to major orchestras all over the world including recent visits to the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Radio Symphonieorchester Wien, Oslo Philharmonic, Danish National Radio, London Symphony, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Aspen Music Festival and Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center with repertoire ranging from Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Ravel, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich and Messiaen through to Tippett, Britten and Julian Anderson who dedicated his 2017 Piano Concerto to Steven. The 22/23 season sees him return to the London Philharmonic Orchestra to perform the Tippett Piano Concerto with Ed Gardner and performances with the Stuttgart Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Singapore Symphony, West Australian Symphony, Adelaide Symphony and the Orquestra Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo.

Recording plans continue with his 33rd release for Hyperion in autumn 2022, the next instalment in his survey of solo works by Debussy. A label artist since 1998, his recordings have accumulated numerous awards in the UK, France, Germany and the USA including two Gramophone Awards, three Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik Awards and a Choc in Classica Magazine in addition to a clutch of Editor’s Choice in Gramophone and Recordings of the Year from The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Times and The Sunday Times. His recordings span a wide range of repertoire including Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy, Ravel, Liszt, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov, Medtner, Messiaen, Britten, Tippett, Crumb and Feldman.

Steven Osborne won first prize at the prestigious Clara Haskil Competition (1991) and the Naumburg International Competition (1997). Born in Scotland he studied with Richard Beauchamp at St. Mary's Music School in Edinburgh and Renna Kellaway at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. He is Visiting Professor at the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Patron of the Lammermuir Festival and in 2014 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to music in the 2022 Queen’s New Year Honours.

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