Durata 10 min__Rec: BIS-CD-__Publ: Edition Tarrodi__Lindberg performances: 176
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov wrote his trombone concerto in 1878 while working with the military orchestra in St Petersburg. It is one of a serie of concerti for wind instrument, and its length would maybe justify a different title like Concertino or piccolo concerto. It is somewhat surprising that Rimsky-Korsakov, who was author of one of the more important books in the art of orchestration, used the clarinets in such a way as he did, using repeated fast triplets that in a proper tempo only can be played with triple tongue, something that Rimsky-Korsakov said was only possible on "some" brass instruments and flutes. Christian Lindbergs orchestration for symphony orchestra presents the piece in a slightly different light, with the lyrichal second movement accompanied by the strings and bassoons rather than a choir of clarinets. Christian Lindberg has also composed the two cadenzas for the piece in this version on Edition Tarrodi.