Nikolaus Brass: Works for Clarinet and Strings

[01] Hello for clarinet solo (1997) 04:41

TRACK 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. moved 03:49
[07] 2. calm 04:41
[08] 3rd quarter = 80 01:42

[09] strophen for viola and two clarinets (2015) 07:49

5nd string quartet 19:01
with two obbligato clarinets (2013)
“From the Lovers' Dictionary”
[10] I. Dotted quarters = 80 03:13
[11] II. Eighth = 88 05:05
[12] III. quiet 09:38
[13] IV. Quarter = 76 01:05

[14] Farewell for clarinet solo (1997) 04:19

Total playing time: 62:42

The clarinet duo Beate Zelinsky | David Smeyers

Minguet Quartet
Ulrich Isford, violin Annette Reisinger, violin
Aroa Sorin, viola Matthias Diener, cello

September 2018, by Christopher Nichols:

(…) It is unique that Smeyers performs on Boehm system and Zelinsky performs on German system. In the liner notes, Smeyers states that this is “generally considered an “impossibility”. However, due to the inherent acoustical differences, the multiphonic palette varies on these systems. After experimentation, The Clarinet Duo provided Brass with a number of sonorities only possible with the pairing of different Systems. (…) However, this compser/performer relationship has resulted in something truly unique (…).

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