Martin Fröst - Mozart -

On his new double album for Sony Classical - "Mozart: Ecstasy and Abyss", which will be released on March 31, Martin Fröst can be heard for the first time not only as the soloist in the clarinet concerto, but also as the conductor - with the Prague and Jupiter symphonies, as well as the Piano Concerto No. 25 with Lucas Debargue. Martin Fröst's new double album is dedicated to the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. For the first time, he can be heard here as conductor - with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, of which he is musical director The program includes late works by Mozart, which were written at particularly precarious moments for the composer personally - and which, despite this, are evidently of exquisite intensity and beauty. This unusual coincidence in time is reflected in the subtitle "Ecstasy and Abyss". Martin Fröst can be heard with his third recording of the Clarinet Concerto in A major KV 622, which he plays on the basset clarinet as composed by Mozart. Martin Fröst also conducts the "Prague" Symphony in D major K. 504 and Mozart's last symphony, the "Jupiter" Symphony in C major K. 551. The French pianist Lucas Debargue is the soloist in the Piano Concerto in C major K. 503, soprano Elin Rombo sings the concert aria "Ch'io mi scordi di te? - Non temer, amato bene" KV 505 and mezzo-soprano Ann Hallenberg the aria of Sesto "Parto, ma tu, ben mio" from the late seria opera "La Clemenza di Tito" KV 621, again accompanied by Martin Fröst on the basset clarinet.