Brahms Clarinet Sonatas & Gade Fantasy Pieces

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there is enormous depth in Martin's interpretation...there is a strong sense on this disc that Martin is working with care and precision to live within the means and intentions of the music. — Gramophone Magazine, March 2014

Release Date: 29th Jul 2013
Catalogue No: CHRCD065
Label: Champs Hill Records
Length: 56 minutes

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Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1

Work length22:40

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Maximiliano Martin, Julian Milford

I. Allegro appassionato

Track length7:56

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II. Andante un poco Adagio

Track length5:09

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III. Allegretto grazioso

Track length4:20

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IV. Vivace

Track length5:15

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Gade, N: Fantasiestücke Op. 43

Work length13:04

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$5.60

Maximiliano Martin, Julian Milford

I. Andantino con moto

Track length2:48

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II. Allegro vivace

Track length2:21

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III. Ballade - moderato

Track length4:46

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IV. Allegro molto vivace

Track length3:09

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Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120 No. 2

Work length20:40

$4.00

$5.60

Maximiliano Martin, Julian Milford

I. Allegro amabile

Track length8:05

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$2.10

II. Allegro appassionato

Track length5:16

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III. Andante con moto

Track length7:19

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Maximiliano Martín, one of the most charismatic clarinet players of his generation, plays iconic late works by Brahms: the two clarinet Sonatas on his debut recording for Champs Hill, coupled with the lesser-known Fantasy pieces by Niels Gade.

Brahms’ two clarinet Sonatas (along with the clarinet quintet) were his last chamber works, and might not have been written at all had he not been inspired by the beautiful clarinet playing of Richard Mühlfeld. Clara Schumann described his playing as: “delicate, warm and unaffected . . . most perfect technique and command of the instrument”.

Brahms’ music is idiomatic, exploiting the clarinet’s ability to change register and play rapid arpeggios. Both clarinet sonatas have a wide expressive range, embracing muscularity, passion, energy, humour and light-heartedness. Without these pieces the clarinet repertoire would be much poorer.

The most celebrated musician of his generation in Denmark (he succeeded Mendelssohn as chief conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra), Niels Gade’s Fantasy pieces date from 1843.

Gade regarded Schumann as a friend and mentor and his generally conservative musical language shows traces of Schumann, though without his exceptional poetic imagination and fantasy, while the rather more conventional language of Mendelssohn is a stronger influence.

Maximiliano Martín is principal clarinet of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and a member of the London Conchord Ensemble who have recorded Poulenc, Menotti and more with Champs Hill Records. He is internationally in demand as a soloist and chamber musician and has also recorded for Linn records. A second disc with the Badke Quartet, of Mozart and Brahms quintets, will also be released on Champs Hill next year.

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March 2014

there is enormous depth in Martin's interpretation...there is a strong sense on this disc that Martin is working with care and precision to live within the means and intentions of the music.

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