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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Kontrafakturen für Klarinette
Dieter Klöcker, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Milan Lajcik
Classical - Released by Orfeo on 1 Jan 2016
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Krommer: Clarinet Quartets
Dieter Klöcker, Consortium Classicum
Chamber Music - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 1993
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Sono sposa e sono amante
Isolde Siebert, Dieter Klöcker, Klaus Donath, Sinfonieorchester des Südwestfunks
Classical - Released by Koch Schwann on 11 Mar 1990
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Mercadante: Works for Clarinet & Orchestra
Dieter Klöcker, Prague Chamber Orchestra, Vaclav Kunt, Giuseppe Porgo, Jan Schroeder
Classical - Released by Orfeo on 4 Nov 2004
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Mozart & Beethoven: Chamber Works
Dieter Klöcker, Consortium Classicum
Chamber Music - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 2005
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Lachner: Nonet in F Major & Octet in B-Flat Major, Op. 156
Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker
Chamber Music - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 2001
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Yost: Concertos for Clarinet and Orchestra
Dieter Klöcker, Prager Kammerorchester
Miscellaneous - Released by Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) on 1 Mar 1997
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Mozart: Complete Clarinet Quintets
Dieter Klöcker, Leopolder Quartett
Miscellaneous - Released by Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) on 1 Jan 1990
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Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas, Op. 120 & Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121
Dieter Klöcker, Claudius Tanski
Miscellaneous - Released by Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) on 1 Sep 1997
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M. Haydn: Divertimento in D Major, MH 68
Prague Chamber Orchestra, Dieter Klöcker, Gernot Schmalfuss
Classical - Released by Orfeo on 25 Jun 2007
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Haydn & Gambaro: Clarinet Quartets
Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker
Classical - Released by Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) on 1 Jan 1990
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Clarinet XX, Vol. 1
Classical - Released by Arts Productions Ltd on 4 Jul 2006
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Clarinet and Orchestra
Dieter Klöcker, Michael Heitzler, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gernot Schmalfuss
Classical - Released by Marco-Polo on 9 Sep 1992
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Winter: Quartet, Septet & Octet
Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker
Chamber Music - Released by Orfeo on 4 Mar 2010
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Schubert & Hüttenbrenner: Chamber Works
Consortium Classicum, Dieter Klöcker
Chamber Music - Released by CPO on 19 Jun 2001
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Beethoven: Sextet, Op. 71 & Septet, Op. 20
Dieter Klöcker, Consortium Classicum
Chamber Music - Released by CPO on 1 Dec 2006
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Master of Classic Music, Christoph Vogel - Première Symphonie Concertate
Dieter Klöcker, Karl-Otto Hartmann, Jaap Schröder, Concerto Amsterdam
Classical - Released by Oscardigital on 18 Aug 1990
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Master of Classic Music, Franz Danzi - Sinfonia Concertante
Dieter Klöcker, Karl-Otto Hartmann, Jaap Schröder, Concerto Amsterdam
Classical - Released by Oscardigital on 11 Aug 1988
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BEETHOVEN, L. van: Clarinet Trio, Op. 11 / LANNOY, H.E.J. von: Clarinet Trio, Op. 15 / OSTERREICH, R. von: Clarinet Trio in E flat major (Klocker)
Dieter Klöcker, Guido Schiefen, Olaf Dressler
Chamber Music - Released by CPO on 1 Jan 2008
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