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I place at your disposal, in PDF files and with piano accompaniment, the original version of Anton Reicha’s Concerto for clarinet and orchestra.

To receive the files you can contact me at my email address: nicobertelli@virgilio.it. But first I suggest you read the little article below to learn the true story of this great masterpiece.

Anton Reicha (1770-1836) composed the Grand Concerto in G minor for clarinet and orchestra – fl., 2ob., 2fg., 2cor., timp., 2vl., v.la and bass – in Paris, in 1815. He dedicated it to the new thirteen-key clarinet patented by the famous clarinetist Iwan Müller. Unfortunately the autograph score (today kept in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, in Paris – Musique Ms 20374 – free at imslp.org), the only remaining source, is incomplete. In the first movement, an [Allegro], except for a few bars, Reicha does not notate the solo clarinet part. In the second and last movement, however, a Rondeau: Allegretto, the clarinet part is notated but some pages are missing, even if most likely intended for the refrain, therefore a negligible loss.

– The absence of the classic slow central movement between the [Allegro] and the Rondeau is typical of the French tradition, just think of some concertos by F. Devienne, M. Yost and also by Iwan Müller himself. –

However, the magnificent orchestral interventions of the [Allegro] and the superb Rondeau are sufficient to consider this concert one of the most important pieces of the clarinet repertoire of the early nineteenth century.

­- The only clarinetist who recorded this Concerto was the great Dieter Kloecker. He commissioned Eberhard Buschmann to complete all of the clarinet part of the first movement and all of the second half of the second movement (the original second half was only discovered in 2021). Without declaring it, Kloecker also inserts an Andante with variations between the two movements, which instead turns out to be the second movement of a concert by Muller, the number 3. –

Below are some notes on the criteria adopted for the reconstruction of the clarinet part of the first movement.

Bars 73 and 74, 81 to 84, and 205 are the only originals. The first so-called “di bravura” intervention (92-106) is inspired by the passage proposed by the orchestra at 236. The second theme (107-122) is the one performed by the orchestra at 30. For the second “di bravura” intervention (141 -161) the triplet was chosen as the rhythmic basis, in contrast to the first with a rhythmic basis of quatrains. A new theme (205-213) opens the second section of the first movement. The third “di bravura” intervention (238-261) is once again inspired by the orchestral passage exposed at 236, while its closing in syncopated rhythm recalls an analogous passage from the first movement of the Quintet for clarinet and strings op.89 by Reicha himself. Finally, the second theme again followed by the fourth and final “di bravura” intervention still based on the rhythm of triplets.

The second movement, as I have already said, is instead original and includes the second part of the movement discovered in 2021.

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Baermann, Carl (1810-1885)

Concertante in A flat major for 2 clarinets and orchestra op.post. – N.B. 4
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Baermann, Heinrich Joseph (1784-1847)

Concerto in C minor for clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 53
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Konzertstück in G minor for clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 54
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Konzertstück in G minor for clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 86
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Konzertstück in B flat minor for clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 71
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Konzertstück in F minor for clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 72
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Theme with variations for clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 59
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Theme with variations for clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 60
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Theme with variations for clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 61
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Sonata for clarinet, 2 violins, viola and cello – N.B. 88
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Notturno in G minor for clarinet and piano – N.B. 73
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Notturno in F minor for clarinet and piano – N.B. 87
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Buteux, Claude-Françoise (1797-1870)

Air varié n.1 for clarinet and cello – N.B. 51
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Air varié n.2 for clarinet and cello – N.B. 52
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Cartellieri, Anton Casimir (1772-1807)

3 Concertos for clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 8
Concerto for 2 clarinets and orchestra
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Alma fides corda rege, Aria for Soprano, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 18
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Cramer, Franz Seraph (1785-1835)

Concertante n.3 in E flat major for 2 clarinets and orchestra – N.B. 21
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Concertante n.4 in B flat major for 2 clarinets and orchestra – N.B. 22
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Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)

Laudamus te, Aria for Soprano, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 67
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Aure de caelo leves, Aria for Tenor, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 36
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Domine Deus, Aria for Basso, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 37
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De torrente, Duetto for Soprano, Tenor, 2 clarinets and orchestra – N.B. 68
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Qui tollis, Aria for Tenor, clarinet(C) and organ – N.B. 49
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Amor! Mio nume!, Concert Aria for Soprano and orchestra – N.B. 65
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Inno per la Solennità dei SS. Pietro e Paolo, for Tenor and orchestra – N.B. 69
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Unpublished “Canzonette” for Soprano / 2 Sopranos and piano – N.B. 62
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Il fausto ritorno (1821), Cantata for two Sopranos and piano – N.B. 64
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Achille e Deidamia, Cantata for Soprano, Basso and piano – N.B. 66
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Le petit joueur de harpe, for Soprano, harp and piano – N.B. 63
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Fasch, Johann Friedrich (1688-1758)

Air for chalumeau(S), 2 violins, viola and basso FaWV deest – N.B. 7
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Air for chalumeau(S), 2 violins, viola and basso FaWV K:d3 – N.B. 48
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Fux, Johann Joseph (1660-1741)

Qual il sol in prato o in riva,
Aria for Soprano, chalumeau(S), theorbo and basso – N.B. 84
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Vedi che il Redentor,
Aria for Soprano, chalumeau(S), trombone and violone – N.B. 85
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Giuliani, Giovanni Francesco (1760-1818)

12 Nocturnes for clarinet and harp (Vol. I, n. 1-3) – N.B. 40
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12 Nocturnes for clarinet and harp (Vol. II, n. 4-6) – N.B. 41
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12 Nocturnes for clarinet and harp (Vol. III, n. 7-9) – N.B. 42
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12 Nocturnes for clarinet and harp (Vol. IV, n. 10-12) – N.B. 43
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Graupner, Christoph (1683-1760)

Two Arias for Soprano, chalumeau, 2 violins, viola and basso – N.B. 5
Zion ehret seinen König, for Soprano, chalumeau(A), 2 vl., v.la and basso
Mein Hertz, for Soprano, chalumeau(B), 2 vl., v.la and basso
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Guglielmi, Pietro Alessandro (1728-1804)

Gratias agimus tibi, Aria for Soprano, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 34
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Guglielmi, Pietro Carlo (1772-1817)

Se mi precedi al campo, Aria for Tenor, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 47
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Mara, Ignaz (1721-1783)

Concerto in E flat major for viola and strings – N.B. 30
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Martinelli, Antonio (1704-1782)

Concerto in D major for viola d’amore and strings – N.B. 20
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Mayr, Johann Simon (1763-1845)

Theme with variations for clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 13
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Andante for clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 58
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Gloria Patri, Aria for Soprano, clarinet(A) and orchestra – N.B. 55
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Alma Redemptoris Mater, Aria for Tenor, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 70
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Qui sedes, Aria for Tenor, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 74
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Qui sedes, Aria for Tenor, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 75
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Concertpiece for viola and orchestra – N.B. 9
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Concertpiece for viola and strings – N.B. 15
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Mercadante, Saverio (1795-1870)

Pot-pourri for violin, oboe, clarinet, english horn and orchestra – N.B. 19
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Gratias agimus tibi, Aria for Tenor, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 32
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Jucundus homo, Aria for Basso, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 31
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Trio in E flat major for clarinet, violin and cello – N.B. 3
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Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1791-1864)

Gli Amori di Teolinda,
Scenic Cantata for Soprano, clarinet, chorus and orchestra – N.B. 100
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Paer, Ferdinando (1771-1839)

Una voce al cor mi parla, Aria for Soprano, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 81
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Paisiello, Giovanni (1740-1816)

Idol mio m’alletta ogn’ora,
Aria for Soprano, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 56
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Se a librarsi in mezzo all’onde,
Aria for Soprano, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 57
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Pessina, Alessandro (1815-1872)

The two nightingales – for piccolo, clarinet(D) and orchestra – N.B. 38
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Gran Concerto for flute, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 50
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Poißl, Johann Nepomuk Baron von (1785-1863)

Ihr weintet meinem Schmerz,
Aria for Soprano, clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 44
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Reicha, Anton (1770-1836)

Grand Concerto in G minor for clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 33
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Rudolph, Archduke von Österreich (1788-1831)

Sonata in B flat major (unfinished) for clarinet and piano – N.B. 23
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Sonata in B flat major (unfinished) for clarinet and piano – N.B. 24
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Introduction, Theme with variations for clarinet and piano – N.B. 25
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Theme with variations for clarinet and piano – N.B. 26
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Theme with variations for clarinet and 2 pianos – N.B. 27
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Andante and Polacca for clarinet and piano – N.B. 28
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6 Dances for solo clarinet – N.B. 29
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Theme with variations for fl., cl., vl., vl.a, vc. and piano – N.B. 82
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Schacht, Theodor Baron von (1748-1823)

Concerto in B minor for clarinet(A) and orchestra – N.B. 39
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Concerto in D major for clarinet(A) and orchestra – N.B. 45
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Concerto in D major for clarinet(A) and orchestra – N.B. 46
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Stamitz, Carl (1745-1801)

Andante for obbligato clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 1
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Andante for obbligato clarinet and orchestra – N.B. 2
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Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)

Suite in F major for 2 chalumeaux (A,T) and basso TWV 55:F2 – N.B. 10
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Wanhal, Johann Baptist (1739-1813)

Quid ultra inquiro, Aria for Soprano, clarinet and strings – N.B. 14
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Winter, Peter von (1754-1825)

Torni al tuo sen la calma, Aria for Soprano, clarinet and strings – N.B. 35
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A barbari tormenti, Aria for Soprano, violin and orchestra – N.B. 83
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Yost, Michel (1754-1786)

Duo for 2 clarinets (singing whilst playing the clarinet…) – N.B. 6
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