Spohr - Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat, Op. 57

…the first two of his four concertos for the clarinettist Johann Simon Hermstedt… well worth hearing: they’re imaginatively constructed and full of graceful melody, as well as being true virtuoso... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Leister has never been known as a technician per se, but here he shows a transcendent technique in these difficult concertos. He is never flashy, though; indeed, his playing is perhaps understated... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

In style [Manasse] is an arch-romantic in his interpretations of both these concertos...[his] shading of dynamic is most beautiful with a breathtaking pianissimo in the reprise of the main theme... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2010 More…