Solos de Concours - Music from the Premier Prix

ID: CC0011 (EAN: 5023581001124)  | 1 CD | DDD

LABEL:

Clarinet Classics

Subcollection:

New Music

Composers:

DEBUSSY, Claude

Other info:

Brought together for the first time on CD - a fascinating collection of pieces written for the Paris conservatoire by some of the most prominent French composers.

Victoria Soames Samek - clarinet / Jonathan Higgins - piano

Messager - Solo de Concours
Marty - Premiere Fantasy
Hahn - Sarabande et Theme Varié
Debussy - Première Rhapsodie
Gaubert - Fantaisie
Grovlez - Lamento et Tarentelle
Mazellier - Fantaisie-Ballet
Pierné - Andante-scherzo
Françaix - Tema con Variazioni

Debussy's Première Rhapsodie - that master-piece of French impressionism

Françaix's Tema con Variazioni - a work full of light hearted Parisian charm and Gallic tenderness. By turn atmospheric, then fast and brilliant, pushing the performers technique to the outermost limit

Many of the pieces are receiving their first performance on this CD.

Following the remarkable success of her previous solo album for Clarinet Classics, Victoria Soames Samek together with Jonathan Higgins rise to the exceptional challenge that these pieces present with a rare degree of virtuosity and musicianship.

"Soames plays all the works with virtuosity, finesse, and a full attractive tone"
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