Michael Collins / Noriko Ogawa / Sergio Pires -La clarinette parisienne -Bis SACD+CD Grooves.land/Playthek

Details / Tracklist:

01. "Rhapsodie Nr. 1 (für Klarinette und Klavier)"

02. "Introduktion und Rondo für Klarinette und Klavier op. 72"
Sonate für Klarinette und Klavier Es-Dur op. 167

03. "1. Allegretto"

04. "2. Allegro animato"

05. "3. Lento"

06. "4. Molto allegro"

07. "Solo de concours (für Klarinette und Klavier)"

08. "Solo de concours (für Klarinette und Klavier)"
Sonate für 2 Klarinetten FP 7

09. "1. Presto"

10. "2. Andante"

11. "3. Vif"
Sonate für Klarinette und Klavier FP 184

12. "1. Allegro tristamente: Allegretto"

13. "2. Romanze: Tr?s calme"

14. "3. Allegro con fuoco: Tr?s calme"

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Extra-Infos:

.. Parisienne / Works By Debussy/ Poulenc/ Saint-saens

Description:

La Clarinette Parisienne by Michael Collins, released 7 May 2021. This version of La Clarinette Parisienne comes as a 1xSuper Audio. - .. PARISIENNE / WORKS BY DEBUSSY/POULENC/SAINT-SAENS

Up until around 1900 the clarinet repertoire was dominated by music from the German-speaking lands, largely due to the influence of three outstanding clarinettists. Inspired by Anton Stadler, Heinrich Bärmann and Richard Mühlfeld respectively, Mozart, Weber and Brahms composed some of the finest clarinet works ever written. But especially after the defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, the French cultural establishment became increasingly concerned with cultivating a national voice of it's own, and Michael Collins's new release is a reminder of this. The works recorded here all date from the last years of the 19th century and afterwards, and it is striking that four of them (Debussy, Widor, Messager and Rabaud) were written as competition pieces for the Paris Conservatoire - the institution which played such a decisive role in shaping French musical life. But even though they were commissioned for educational purposes there is nothing academic about them: from Debussy's seductive Rhapsodie to Messager's light-heartedly brilliant Solo de concours there is instead a definite French - maybe even Parisian - quality to them. This also applies to the Clarinet Sonata by Saint-Saëns, composed in the last year of his life but full of charm and courtly irony. Closing the disc are two works from either end of Francis Poulenc's life. While the brief Sonata for two clarinets from 1918 is pure and cheeky fun, the 1962 Sonata for Clarinet and Piano is more conflicted emotionally, as indicated by the first movement's tempo marking Allegro tristamente. Throughout the greater part of the programme, Collins is partnered by Noriko Ogawa, whose pianism has won her particular acclaim in French repertoire, with Sérgio Pires making a guest appearance in Poulenc's clarinet duo.

Recorded November 2019 at Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, England ? &© 2021 BIS Records AB, Sweden Made in the EU Includes 28 page booklet with photos and notes in English, French and German Presented in a 2 pocket single folded card case

Manufacturer No.:

BISSACD-2497

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