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)
1Fantasy06:22
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
2Capriccio06:41
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
Hefti, David Philip
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
3Canto07:27
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
Schoeck, Othmar
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
4Andante in E-Flat Major, WoO 3503:08
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
Hefti, David Philip
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
Kohler, Nils (bass clarinet)
5(T)raum-Ze(n)it04:04
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
Kohler, Nils (bass clarinet)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
6No. 1. Très délicat, suspendu et mystérieux02:08
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
7No. 2. Scherzando00:49
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
8No. 3. Fluido00:53
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
9No. 4. Delicato, enigmatico01:03
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
10No. 5. Elegantemente00:33
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
11No. 6. Chuchoté00:19
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
12No. 7. Molto tranquillo00:43
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
13No. 8. Energico00:40
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
14No. 9. Presto possibile ma molto libero01:18
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (basset clarinet)
Schoeck, Othmar
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
15I. Gemessen06:04
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
16II. Bewegt -04:44
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
17III. Bewegt03:32
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (bass clarinet)
Engeli, Benjamin (piano)
Darbellay, Jean-Luc
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Kohler, Nils (basset-horn)
18Chant d'adieux06:21
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Kohler, Nils (basset-horn)
Hefti, David Philip
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Kohler, Nils (basset-horn)
Molinari, Ernesto (contrabass clarinet)
19Counterpoints on Come, Sweet Death09:23
Röthlisberger, Bernhard (clarinet)
Kohler, Nils (basset-horn)
Molinari, Ernesto (contrabass clarinet)

Total Playing Time: 01:06:12