Label: Musiques Suisses
Genre: Chamber Music; Instrumental
Period: 20th Century; Contemporary; Romantic
Catalogue No: NXMS7002
Barcode: 730099700238
Release Date: 12/2020

Clarinet Music (Swiss)- WALTER, A. / SCHOECK, O. / DARBELLAY, J.-L. / HEFTI, D.P. (Röthlisberger, Kohler, Molinari, Engeli)

This survey explores clarinet music by Swiss composers from the mid-19th century to the music of today. August Walter’s Fantasie und Capriccio is rooted in Romanticism, while Othmar Schoeck manages to combine ragtime elements with German modernism in his Sonata for bass clarinet and piano. In contemporary works, Jean-Luc Darbellay has enriched the clarinet’s tonal spectrum in his revised version of Sentences, and David Philip Hefti employs multiphonics that evoke medieval polyphony. Including works for one, two or three clarinets, this album showcases no fewer than six different instruments from the clarinet family.

Tracklist

Walter, August
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
1 Fantasy 06:22
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
2 Capriccio 06:41
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
Hefti, David Philip
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
3 Canto 07:27
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
Schoeck, Othmar
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
4 Andante in E-Flat Major, WoO 35 03:08
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
Hefti, David Philip
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
Kohler, Nils (bass clarinet)
5 (T)raum-Ze(n)it 04:04
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
Kohler, Nils (bass clarinet)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
6 No. 1. Très délicat, suspendu et mystérieux 02:08
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
7 No. 2. Scherzando 00:49
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
8 No. 3. Fluido 00:53
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
9 No. 4. Delicato, enigmatico 01:03
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
10 No. 5. Elegantemente 00:33
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
11 No. 6. Chuchoté 00:19
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
12 No. 7. Molto tranquillo 00:43
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
13 No. 8. Energico 00:40
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
14 No. 9. Presto possibile ma molto libero 01:18
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
Schoeck, Othmar
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
15 I. Gemessen 06:04
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
16 II. Bewegt - 04:44
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
17 III. Bewegt 03:32
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Kohler, Nils (basset-horn)
18 Chant d'adieux 06:21
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Kohler, Nils (basset-horn)
Hefti, David Philip
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Kohler, Nils (basset-horn)
Molinari, Ernesto (contrabass clarinet)
19 Counterpoints on Come, Sweet Death 09:23
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Kohler, Nils (basset-horn)
Molinari, Ernesto (contrabass clarinet)

Total Playing Time: 01:06:12