Sergio Bosi, Riccardo Bartoli - Italian Clarinet Suites (2010)

Tracklist

01. Clarinet Suite, Op. 62: I. Con Moto
02. Clarinet Suite, Op. 62: II. Intermezzo
03. Clarinet Suite, Op. 62: III. Allegro Con Spirito
04. Clarinet Suite, Op. 10: I. Improvvisata
05. Clarinet Suite, Op. 10: II. Barcarola
06. Clarinet Suite, Op. 10: III. Elegia
07. Clarinet Suite, Op. 10: IV. Danza Campestre
08. Clarinet Suite, Op. 10: V. Tema Variato
09. Clarinet Suite, Op. 10: VI. Serenata
10. 6 Bozzetti: No. 1. Adelaide
11. 6 Bozzetti: No. 2. Didone
12. 6 Bozzetti: No. 3. Valzer
13. 6 Bozzetti: No. 4. Gondoliera
14. 6 Bozzetti: No. 5. Speranza
15. 6 Bozzetti: No. 6. Letizia
16. Clarinet Suite, Op. 44: I. Preambule
17. Clarinet Suite, Op. 44: II. Romance
18. Clarinet Suite, Op. 44: III. Caprice
19. Clarinet Suite, Op. 44: IV. Scherzino
20. Clarinet Suite, Op. 44: V. Menuet
21. Clarinet Suite, Op. 44: VI. Tarantelle

Until the early 20th Century, Italian instrumental music remained overshadowed by opera. However, a number of composers born around the middle of the 19th century wrote excellent suites for clarinet and piano which brokered a ‘compromise between tradition and modernity’. Alessandro Longo’s Suite imbues Classical form with ‘a passionate but never tormented or morbid Romanticism’, while that of Antonio Scontrino adds a dash of Debussyan impressionism. Giuseppe Frugatta’s splendid Suite paints a wideranging emotional soundscape rich in late Romantic influences; that of Busoni frames a lyrical Elegia with virtuosic outer movements.

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