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Title: Clarinet Concertos
Artist: Francaix / Beltramini / Lombard
Label: Brilliant Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5028421959948
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-11-01
Number of Discs: 1
A unique pairing on record of 20th-century clarinet concertos, full of musical laughter and mischief. As principal clarinet of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana based in Lugano, Paolo Beltramini may be seen on many films of the orchestra in action such as a beautifully shaded set of the Brahms symphonies filmed by Sony and conducted by Markus Poschner. Beltramini shines in Brahms's slow movements with many solos of doleful and consoling ease. For this album, his debut on Brilliant Classics, he leaves his chair and stands out front for two clarinet concertos which have enjoyed strikingly different fortunes. The Nielsen is a classic of the genre, probably the best-known and most-played example from the last century, abounding in Nielsen's zany humor and rebellious temperament. This four-movement work opens conventionally enough with a cheeky little melody soon taken on a gentle flight of fancy by the soloist, but it's clear, as so often with this composer, that danger and even catastrophe lurk around the corner. Nielsen intended as a portrait of a leading Danish clarinetist of his time, Aage Oxenvad, who was reportedly 'somewhat choleric in temperament, irascible but warm at heart.' The concerto, it was said by those who knew him, captured the very soul of Oxenvad. Outside his native France, the reputation of Jean Francaix has not flourished like that of Nielsen, especially since his death in 1997. Francaix was a fluent musician to a fault, born and brought up within a deeply musical family unlike Nielsen, and blessed with a ready way with melody. In 1968 he wrote this four-movement concerto and dedicated it to the bassoonist and conductor Fernand Oubradous; the first soloist was one of his students, Jacques Lancelot. Francaix admitted (not without pride) that the concerto was 'a kind of aerobatics display for the ear, complete with loops, wing-turns and nose-dives which are fairly terrifying for the soloist' - and indeed both works here stretch the technique of any clarinetist to the limit.
Tracks:
1.1 String Quartet in a Minor D804 Rosamunde
1.2 String Quartet in D minor D810 Der Tod Und Das Mächen
1.3 Quartettsatz in C minor D703
1.4 String Quartet in G Major D887
1.5 String Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola ; 2 Cellos, in C Major D956
1.6 Quintet for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello ; Double-Bass in a Major D667 The Trout
1.7 String Quartet in G minor D173
1.8 Piano Trio No. 1 in B Flat Major Op. 99, D898
1.9 Sonatensatz, D28
1.10 Piano Trio No. 2 in E Flat Major Op. 100, D929
1.11 Notturno, D897, Adagio
1.12 Octet in F Major D803, Op. Posth. 166 for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, String Quartet ; Double-Bass
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Artist: Francaix / Beltramini / Lombard
Label: Brilliant Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5028421959948
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-11-01
Number of Discs: 1
A unique pairing on record of 20th-century clarinet concertos, full of musical laughter and mischief. As principal clarinet of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana based in Lugano, Paolo Beltramini may be seen on many films of the orchestra in action such as a beautifully shaded set of the Brahms symphonies filmed by Sony and conducted by Markus Poschner. Beltramini shines in Brahms's slow movements with many solos of doleful and consoling ease. For this album, his debut on Brilliant Classics, he leaves his chair and stands out front for two clarinet concertos which have enjoyed strikingly different fortunes. The Nielsen is a classic of the genre, probably the best-known and most-played example from the last century, abounding in Nielsen's zany humor and rebellious temperament. This four-movement work opens conventionally enough with a cheeky little melody soon taken on a gentle flight of fancy by the soloist, but it's clear, as so often with this composer, that danger and even catastrophe lurk around the corner. Nielsen intended as a portrait of a leading Danish clarinetist of his time, Aage Oxenvad, who was reportedly 'somewhat choleric in temperament, irascible but warm at heart.' The concerto, it was said by those who knew him, captured the very soul of Oxenvad. Outside his native France, the reputation of Jean Francaix has not flourished like that of Nielsen, especially since his death in 1997. Francaix was a fluent musician to a fault, born and brought up within a deeply musical family unlike Nielsen, and blessed with a ready way with melody. In 1968 he wrote this four-movement concerto and dedicated it to the bassoonist and conductor Fernand Oubradous; the first soloist was one of his students, Jacques Lancelot. Francaix admitted (not without pride) that the concerto was 'a kind of aerobatics display for the ear, complete with loops, wing-turns and nose-dives which are fairly terrifying for the soloist' - and indeed both works here stretch the technique of any clarinetist to the limit.
Tracks:
1.1 String Quartet in a Minor D804 Rosamunde
1.2 String Quartet in D minor D810 Der Tod Und Das Mächen
1.3 Quartettsatz in C minor D703
1.4 String Quartet in G Major D887
1.5 String Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola ; 2 Cellos, in C Major D956
1.6 Quintet for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello ; Double-Bass in a Major D667 The Trout
1.7 String Quartet in G minor D173
1.8 Piano Trio No. 1 in B Flat Major Op. 99, D898
1.9 Sonatensatz, D28
1.10 Piano Trio No. 2 in E Flat Major Op. 100, D929
1.11 Notturno, D897, Adagio
1.12 Octet in F Major D803, Op. Posth. 166 for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, String Quartet ; Double-Bass
Audio Sample:
All soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.
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