Kurpinski reviews
Kurpinski • Weber: Clarinet Concertos
Eric Hoeprich (clarinet); Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century/Guy Van Waas (Glossa)
Beethoven; Kurpinski
Napoleon lurks behind these two works, the first a hastily written programmatic piece by a lesser-known Polish composer depicting the 1812 Battle of Mozhaysk (an event that hastened the Emperor’s fall), the other a revolutionary masterpiece. The gulf in quality between these is enormous, yet Karol Kurpinski’s pièce d’occasion remains an interesting historical document comparable to Wellington’s Victory by Beethoven.
Polish Romantic Music
Works by Ogiński, Kurpiński, Szymanowska, Eisner, Chopin, Dobrzyński, Frogulski, Miuli, Załuski and Friedman