The Clarinet in the 19th & 20th Centuries from Solo to Quartet
11/4/2016, 15 Tracks, 1:02:12
Featuring
Sauro Berti
Antonio Fraioli
Stark Quartet
Ernesto Cavallini
Domenico Scarlatti
Raffaele Gervasio
Valentino Bucchi
Henghel Gualdi
Giuseppe Gherardeschi
Guglielmo Cappetti
Bernardino Lanzi
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Performer Biography
The Stark Quartet consists of Antonio Fraioli, Vinibaldo Baccari, Sergio Brusca, and Sauro Berti, who are described as excellent musicians and experts in clarinet technique and history.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded using 24-bit digital recording technology, with Nicola Valente and Eugenio Valente as recording engineers.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Valentino Bucchi, composer of the 'Concerto per Clarinetto solo', aimed to blend traditional elements with new ideas to open a 'fruitful conversation' with the listener, focusing on emotional involvement.
Composition History
Two pieces on this album, Guglielmo Cappetti's 'Pezzi per Clarinetto solo' and Giacomo Setaccioli's arrangement of Domenico Scarlatti's 'Allegro in Sol minore', are world premiere recordings on CD.
Cultural Impact
Henghel Gualdi, a composer on this album, was a pioneer of jazz clarinet in Italy and reinterpreted many American standards, often making his versions more famous than the originals.
Album & Artwork
The album cover features the painting 'Still life with clarinet' by William Michael Harnett, an American still-life painter from the late 19th century.
Composer Biography
Ernesto Cavallini, a composer featured on this album, was known as 'the Paganini of the clarinet' and was instrumental in spreading the instrument in Italy.
