Swiss Clarinet Music Bernhard Röthlisberger, Nils Kohler, Ernesto Molinari, Benjamin Engeli

• August Walter (1821 - 1896): Fantasy & Capriccio, Op. 13 (Version for Clarinet & Piano):
• 1 Walter: Fantasy & Capriccio, Op. 13 (Version for Clarinet & Piano): I. Fantasy 06:22
• 2 Walter: Fantasy & Capriccio, Op. 13 (Version for Clarinet & Piano): II. Capriccio 06:41
• David Philip Hefti (b. 1975):
• 3 Hefti: Canto 07:27
• Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957):
• 4 Schoeck: Andante in E-Flat Major, WoO 35 (Version for Clarinet & Piano) 03:08
• David Philip Hefti:
• 5 Hefti: (T)raum-Ze[n]it 04:04
• Jean-Luc Darbellay (b. 1946): Sentences (Version for Basset Horn):
• 6 Darbellay: Sentences (Version for Basset Horn): No. 1, Très délicat, suspendu et mystérieux 02:08
• 7 Darbellay: Sentences (Version for Basset Horn): No. 2, Scherzando 00:49
• 8 Darbellay: Sentences (Version for Basset Horn): No. 3, Fluido 00:53
• 9 Darbellay: Sentences (Version for Basset Horn): No. 4, Delicato, enigmatico 01:03
• 10 Darbellay: Sentences (Version for Basset Horn): No. 5, Elegantemente 00:33
• 11 Darbellay: Sentences (Version for Basset Horn): No. 6, Chuchoté 00:19
• 12 Darbellay: Sentences (Version for Basset Horn): No. 7, Molto tranquillo 00:43
• 13 Darbellay: Sentences (Version for Basset Horn): No. 8, Energico 00:40
• 14 Darbellay: Sentences (Version for Basset Horn): No. 9, Presto possibile ma molto libero 01:18
• Othmar Schoeck: Bass Clarinet Sonata, Op. 41:
• 15 Schoeck: Bass Clarinet Sonata, Op. 41: I. Gemessen 06:04
• 16 Schoeck: Bass Clarinet Sonata, Op. 41: II. Bewegt 04:44
• 17 Schoeck: Bass Clarinet Sonata, Op. 41: III. Bewegt 03:32
• Jean-Luc Darbellay:
• 18 Darbellay: Chant d'adieux (Version for Clarinet & Basset Horn) 06:21
• David Philip Hefti:
• 19 Hefti: Counterpoints on "Come, Sweet Death" 09:23
• Total Runtime 01:06:12

Info for Swiss Clarinet Music

This album explores clarinet music by Swiss composers from the mid-19th century to the present, showcasing six different instruments from the clarinet family. Five of the eight pieces are world premiere recordings. The main performer, Bernhard Röthlisberger, is principal clarinet and bass clarinet in the Berne Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist he has played with internationally acclaimed conductors such as Jonathan Nott, Reinhard Goebel, Vasily Petrenko and Mario Venzago. His chamber music partners include the Amar Quartett, the Merel Quartett, Esther Hoppe, Rafael Rosenfeld, Peter Somodari, Ivo Gass, Matthias Racz and pianists Benjamin Engeli and Christian Chamorel. He is the artistic director of Summer Academy Hitzkirch (Lucerne) and he gives master classes in throughout Europe and has visited prestigious institutions such as the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, Gent, Leuven, Gnesin Academy und Tschaikowsky Conservatory Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Bernhard Röthlisberger, clarinet
Nils Kohler, clarinet
Ernesto Molinari, clarinet
Benjamin Engeli, clarinet

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