Composer(s): Bax, Arnold
Ensemble(s): Gould Piano Trio
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.557698
Barcode: 0747313269822
Release Date: 05/2006

BAX: Clarinet Sonatas / Piano Trio / Trio in One Movement

As a student at London’s Royal Academy of Music, Bax produced a variety of chamber works, suppressed in his lifetime, including several works for clarinet. This disc offers a fascinating blend of two early works for clarinet and piano, the ambitious Trio in One Movement from 1906 (all world première recordings), and the mature, elegiac Clarinet Sonata in D, one of Bax’s most frequently played works, as well as his last chamber work, the Piano Trio in B flat.

Tracklist

Bax, Arnold
Gould Piano Trio (Ensemble)
1I. Allegro con brio06:21
Gould Piano Trio (Ensemble)
2II. Adagio (alla breve) con moto08:03
Gould Piano Trio (Ensemble)
3III. Tempo moderato e molto ritmico06:36
Gould Piano Trio (Ensemble)
Plane, Robert (clarinet)
Frith, Benjamin (piano)
4I. Molto moderato08:50
Plane, Robert (clarinet)
Frith, Benjamin (piano)
5II. Vivace04:54
Frith, Benjamin (piano)
Plane, Robert (clarinet)
Frith, Benjamin (piano)
Neary, Alice (cello)
6Folk Tale08:00
Frith, Benjamin (piano)
Neary, Alice (cello)
Plane, Robert (clarinet)
Frith, Benjamin (piano)
7Clarinet Sonata in E Major09:00
Plane, Robert (clarinet)
Frith, Benjamin (piano)
Frith, Benjamin (piano)
Plane, Robert (clarinet)
8Romance07:48
Frith, Benjamin (piano)
Plane, Robert (clarinet)
Gould Piano Trio (Ensemble)
9Trio17:12
Gould Piano Trio (Ensemble)

Total Playing Time: 01:16:44