program:
Atli Ingolfsson (* 1962) [01] Orgoras Speaks for two clarinettists and ensemble (2009) 11:51 The clarinet duo Beate Zelinsky | David Smeyers
Adriana Holszky (* 1953) [02] maneuvers for two clarinets and orchestra (2006) 15:40 The clarinet duo Beate Zelinsky | David Smeyers
Nicholas Brass (* 1949) [03] time in the ground Concerto for two clarinets and strings (2008) 37:41 The clarinet duo Beate Zelinsky | David Smeyers
Total playing time: 65:12
All the works on this CD were composed for, dedicated to and premiered by Beate Zelinsky and David Smeyers. |
Press:
December 2018, by Derek Emch This album by Beate Zelinsky and David Smeyers, together known as Das Klarinettenduo, is a challenging yet rewarding collection of three double concertos that explore the possibilities of spectralism in concert works for clarinet. Accompanying the recording is a wonderfully detailed collection of liner notes written by Ingo Dorfmüller in German, English and French. (…) Concluding the album is a 37-minute double concerto by Nikolaus Brass titled Zeit im Grund (Time Grounded). As is implied by the title, this work explores temporal flow within music as it relates to motivic repetition and development. Brass's selected motives have been stripped bare: single repeated pitches, a repeated leap of a seventh, and clashing minor seconds between the basset horn and bass clarinet of Zelinsky and Smeyers. Slowly, these simple motifs swirl and circle around each other, combine, break up and reform. (...) In sum, this is a well-executed album, with a diverse yet complementary selection of spectral repertoire and informative liner notes, which should be most helpful to those who are interested in spectral music for clarinet but may be unsure where to begin.
by Prof. Dr. Stefan Drees, March 23.3.2018, XNUMX The highlight of the release is the double concerto 'Zeit im Grund' for two clarinets and strings (2008) by Nikolaus Brass, which, stretched to 38 minutes, appears surprisingly entertaining when played by the Munich Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Alexander Liebreich. […] Overall, the CD surprises with its varied approach to the compositional problem of juxtaposing the solo clarinet duo with a more extensive collective of musicians. Zelinsky and Smeyers proved to be up to the task entrusted to them in all three cases and, with their multifaceted approach to the works, contribute to the overall successful conception of this portrait. And finally, the three short introductory texts in the booklet, each with an illustration of score pages or sketches, provide a very good introduction to the aesthetically diverse worlds of Ingólfsson, Hölszky and Brass. Read the full review here.
Feb 2018 (…) Adriana Hölszky's “Flugmanäver” is also written for two clarinets. A huge symphony orchestra (here the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden Baden and Freiburg under Arturo Tamayo) builds up its sound, closing in on the screaming, chattering clarinet duo of Beate Zelinsky and David Smeyers. (…) Hölszky radically eliminates classical beautiful playing from the soloists. A third clarinet work is different again - as a radical alternative, so to speak: Nikolaus Brass' “Zeit im Grund” - performed here by the strings of the Munich Chamber Orchestra under Alexander Liebreich. (…) Small movements, almost reminiscences, shy euphony. (…) Motifs appear wonderfully out of nowhere and then disappear again. But here - and this speaks for this orchestra and its two soloists - there is nothing provisional, but rather something breathingly narrative. One thing becomes clear on this beautiful CD: the “Brother Lightfoot,” which the clarinet was long considered to be, no longer wants to be the instrument in the present. (Tilman Urbach) |
