Dieter Klöcker
Dieter Klöcker was recognized as one of the finest German clarinetists of his generation. In additional, he was a conductor renowned for his numerous acclaimed concerts and recordings with the chamber ensemble he founded, Consortium Classicum. The focus of Klöcker and his group was music for winds and strings from the Classical and Romantic periods, with the works of Mozart, Haydn, and Schubert figuring prominently on their programs, as well as those of lesser-known figures like Cartellieri, Ries, Reicha, and others. Klöcker made numerous recordings -- more than 100 with the Consortium Classicum alone -- and for a variety of labels, including EMI, Orfeo, Novalis, and MD&G. Klöcker also served as a professor of clarinet for more than 25 years and authored many scholarly articles on music.
Klöcker was born in Wuppertal, Germany, on April 13, 1936. As a youth he studied clarinet with Karl Kroll, then enrolled at the Northwest German Music Academy in Detmold, where his most important teacher was Jost Michaels. Klöcker played clarinet for about a decade in various German orchestras before founding Consortium Classicum in the 1960s. Over the years the ensemble consisted of about 14 players drawn from the ranks of Germany's most talented wind and string soloists, orchestra members, and university professors.
By the mid-'70s Klöcker and his orchestra had established a reputation as one of the finest chamber ensembles before the public. Among their earliest acclaimed recordings was the 1974 EMI release of Haydn's Six Notturni. In the midst of his early successes Klöcker accepted a professorship in 1975 at the Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg, where he taught until 2001.
Over the years Klöcker led the Consortium Classicum in numerous concerts throughout Europe, the Americas, the Far East, and Australia and also turned out numerous popular recordings. In addition, Klöcker made television appearances with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey, and Helen Donath, and he wrote a number of essays on music in the 1990s.
Klöcker remained active into the new century in both the concert hall and recording studio. Among his recordings is the 2003 DVD of Cartellieri clarinet and flute concertos on MD&G. Several of Klöcker's earliest EMI recordings have been re-issued by the CPO label, among them the 2006 (originally 1974) Mozart Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, and Stadler Trio for three bassett horns.
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Schacht: Clarinet Concertos
Dieter Klöcker, Hans Stadlmair, Oliver Link, Bamberger Symphoniker, Waldemar Wandel
Classique - Paru chez Orfeo le 1 janv. 2016
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Hoffmeister: Clarinet Quartets
Dieter Klöcker, Vlach Quartet Prague
Musique de chambre - Paru chez CPO le 1 janv. 2001
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Goepfert: Clarinet Concertos, Opp. 14, 20 & 35
Dieter Klöcker, Jena Philharmonic Orchestra, Johannes Moesus
Classique - Paru chez CPO le 25 mai 2010
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Haydn: 6 Notturni
Dieter Klöcker, Consortium Classicum, Karl Hochreither, Frieder Lang
Musique de chambre - Paru chez CPO le 1 juil. 2000
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Backofen: Clarinet Concertos
Dieter Klöcker, SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern, Johannes Moesus
Classique - Paru chez CPO le 1 juin 2005
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Mozart: Clarinet Concertos KV 14.04 & KV 622, Variations
Dieter Klöcker, Prager Kammerorchester
Divers - Paru chez Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) le 21 avr. 1998
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Pleyel: Octet & Trios
Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker
Musique de chambre - Paru chez CPO le 26 sept. 2000
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Baermann: Clarinet Concertinos
Dieter Klöcker, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Milan Lajcik
Classique - Paru chez Orfeo le 1 janv. 2016
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Mozart: Complete Clarinet Quintets
Dieter Klöcker, Leopolder Quartett
Divers - Paru chez Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) le 1 janv. 1990
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Burgmüller: Chamber Music
Hiroko Maruko, Dieter Klöcker, Mitsuko Shirai, Hartmut Höll
Classique - Paru chez Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) le 1 nov. 1999
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Mozart: Chamber Works
Dieter Klöcker, Mannheimer Streichquartett
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Orfeo le 26 janv. 2006
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Hoffmeister: Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat Major & Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major
Dieter Klöcker, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Giuseppe Porgo, Johannes Moesus
Classique - Paru chez Orfeo le 8 nov. 2005
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Hoffmeister: Wind Serenades, Vol. 2
Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker
Musique de chambre - Paru chez CPO le 1 nov. 2005
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Spohr: Notturno in C Major, Op. 34 & Nonet in F Major, Op. 31
Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Orfeo le 1 janv. 2016
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Reicha: Octet, Op. 96 and Variations for Bassoon & String Quartet
Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker
Musique de chambre - Paru chez CPO le 1 janv. 2000
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Brahms: Horn Trio, Op. 40 & Clarinet Trio, Op. 114
Dieter Klöcker, Sebastian Weigle, Wolf-Dieter Streicher, Christoph Henkel, Claudius Tanski
Classique - Paru chez Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) le 1 mai 1995
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Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante
Dieter Klöcker, Mi-Young Chon, Jan Schroeder, Karl-Otto Hartmann, Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) le 1 sept. 2000
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Clarinet Quintets on Jewish Themes
Dieter Klöcker, Vlach Quartet Prague
Musique de chambre - Paru chez CPO le 26 oct. 1999
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Danzi: Septets & Potpourris
Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Orfeo le 14 mars 2008
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Österreich & Weber: Chamber Works
Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker
Musique de chambre - Paru chez Orfeo le 1 janv. 2016
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