Info text: GEORG KATZER · THE LATE WORK Vladimir Jurowski on the music of Georg Katzer My earliest memories from my childhood are associated with the music and person of Georg Katzer. I was six years old when my father conducted Georg Katzer's ballet Black Birds, first at Moscow's Stanislawski Theater and later at the Komische Oper Berlin. […]

Info text: PLUS! · WORKS FOR CLARINET DUO AND ACCORDION In the repertoire of the clarinet duo Beate Zelinsky and David Smeyers, collaboration with other soloists or ensemble formations is an important part. The combination with the accordion is particularly attractive: by registering it with the sound of the clarinets, the instrument can merge into (almost) complete unity, it […]

Program: Pierre Boulez (1925–2016) [01] Anthèmes 1 for violin solo (1991) 08:52 Carolin Widmann, Violin Dialogue de l'ombre double (1985) 19:32 pour clarinette/première sur scène et clarinette/double enregistrée Version aux chiffres romains [02] Sigle initial 01:07 [03] Verse I 02:16 [04] Transition I à II 01:09 [05] Verse II 01:38 [06] Transition II à III 02:05 [07 ] Verse III 01:30 [08] Transition III à IV 00:54 [09] Verse IV 01:41 [10] Transition IV à V 00:26 [11] Verse V 01:10 [12] Transition […]

Info text: FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY Music by Werner Heider When Werner Heider was asked in 2006, on the occasion of the premiere of his orchestral work Architecture at the Munich musica viva, which metaphysical or symbolic ideas were hidden behind the formal floor plan, he amazed his counterpart with a very clear one Answer: »My piece is simply a composition of musical architecture. There should […]

Program: Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377) Lais, Ballads, Virelais, Rondeau Adapted for violin and double bass in Pythagorean 3-limit Just Intonation [01] Lai No. 1 – Loyauté, que point ne delay 01:24 [02] Ballad No. 8 – De desconfort 03:46 [03] Ballad No. 6 – Doulz amis 01:28 [04] Ballad No. 24 – Tres douce dame 02:15 [05] Virelai No. 26 / 29 – Mors sui, se […]

Program: [01] Salut for clarinet solo (1997) 04:41 SPUR for two clarinets and string trio (2010) 16:11 [02] I. flowing, floating 05:11 [03] II. fast 03:37 [04 ] III. Intermezzo 02:40 [05] IV. Quarter = 80 04:43 Dialoghi d'amore VI for two clarinets (2009 / 2011) 10:11 [06] 1. moving 03:49 [07] 2. calm 04:41 [ 08] 3rd quarter = 80 01:42 [09] Verses for viola and two clarinets (2015) 07:49 5. String quartet 19:01 with two obbligato clarinets (2013) “From the Dictionary of Lovers” […]

Program: Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (1756–1791) Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 (1791) 29:32 [01] Allegro 12:59 [02] Adagio 07:06 [03] Allegro 09:24 Matthias Mueller (* 1966) Octet (2014) 17:38 [04] Lento 02:06 [05] Presto assai 03:26 [06] Allegretto ritmico 02:06 [07] Veloce e intenso 03:24 [08] Lento non troppo. Adagio 04:30 [09] Presto assai 02:23 Piccolo Concerto Grosso for two basset clarinets and orchestra (2016 /17) 18:39 [10] Overture. Allegro moderato 02:40 [11] Elegia. Andante molto 03:32 [12] Scherzettino. La Chasse 01:14 [13] Recitativo 02:52 [14] Tempo di Menuetto. Molto assai (in […]

Info text: Homage to Heinrich Schiff 17 CD box with 62 works by 30 composers, including 25 first releases of the recordings Orchestras and ensembles: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Berlin Philharmonic, Camerata Salzburg, The Vienna Wind Ensemble, German State Philharmonic Rhineland-Palatinate, Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover, NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg, Northern Sinfonia, […]

Info text: SEA OF FORGETTING Occasionally one may wonder why some music of high rank is hardly noticed in musical life and only finds its way into the repertoire with difficulty or not at all: for example the works of Roberto Gerhard. His music is a happy balance of constructive rigor and sensuality of sound, of the highest compositional standards and playful lightness […]

Info text: SOLO, DUO AND TRIO IMPROVISATIONS In 1962, while I was still at school, I improvised publicly for the first time. Since then, improvisation has been part of my life. I want to discuss the recordings here in the order in which they were created, while on the CD they are put together according to musical aspects. The oldest recording comes from […]

Info text: BRAHMS - SCHLUMPF - MUELLER Johannes Brahms: Clarinet Quintet op. 115 Brahms' late work for clarinet and string quartet is an example of perfect compositional art. As coherent as the work is in its form, a closer look reveals a cosmos of compositional finesse and artistic nuances. The work is based on a classic framework, the […]

Info text: Second NEOS recording with the fabulous Swiss clarinetist and composer Matthias Mueller Boris Tchaikovsky's Clarinet Concerto is presented here by NEOS as the first Western European recording. The work of the composer, who lived in the communist USSR, inspires with its Russian soul and playful insouciance. A concert far away from the Western European avant-garde trends that exudes joyful music with charm and nonchalance. Debussy's […]