Emil Jonason - Lindberg: The Erratic Dreams of Mr Grönstedt - Golijov: The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. Clarinet Concerto "The Erratic Dreams of Mr Grönstedt": I. The Mirror of Saturn
02. Clarinet Concerto "The Erratic Dreams of Mr Grönstedt": II. Mr. Grönstedt Dresses for the Spring Ball
03. Clarinet Concerto "The Erratic Dreams of Mr Grönstedt": III. Lisa and the Magic Cape
04. Clarinet Concerto "The Erratic Dreams of Mr Grönstedt": IV. Grönstedt Looks for Treasures on a Rubbish Heap
05. Clarinet Concerto "The Erratic Dreams of Mr Grönstedt": V. Cadenza: The World of Euphoric Dreams
06. Clarinet Concerto "The Erratic Dreams of Mr Grönstedt": VI. The Dream of Venus
07. The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: Prelude: Calmo, sospeso
08. The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: II. Prelude: Calmo, sospeso: Agitato-con fucco-Maestoso-Senza misura oscillante
09. The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: III. Prelude: Calmo, sospeso: Agitato-con fucco-Maestoso-Senza misura oscillante: Teneramente-Ruvido-Presto
10. The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: IV. Calmo: Sospeso-Allegro pesante
11. The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: Postlude: Lento, liberamente

Selected by ECHO (the European Concert Hall Organisation) as one of its ‘Rising Stars’ of the 2009/10 season, the Swedish clarinettist Emil Jonason has become increasingly visible on the international music scene. For his first release on the BIS label he has chosen to record a concerto written for him by his compatriot Christian Lindberg, composer, conductor and legendary trombonist. As Lindberg remarks in his own note on the work, the soloist was involved at all stages of the compositional process. But the Erratic Dreams are the composer’s own – as is the figure of Mr Grönstedt, the main character of those dreams, and of the six movements that make up the colourful score. In his teens, Emil Jonason was attracted by klezmer music, and played in various klezmer bands. It was therefore a natural choice to combine Lindberg’s concerto with the Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov’s work The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind. In contrast to Lindberg, Golijov found inspiration in a historic figure, the medieval rabbi Isaac the Blind, and his lifelong dedication to the ideas of the Kabbalah. Golijov describes the movements of his work being written in three of the different languages spoken by the Jewish people throughout its history: Aramaic, Yiddish (‘the rich and fragile language of a long exile’) and Hebrew. The work includes references to Jewish prayers as well as to klezmer tunes and the clarinettist is specifically requested by the composer to acquaint himself with the idiom of klezmer music.

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