Mendelssohn: Chamber Music with Clarinet
Dario Zingales (soloist, clarinet), Alexey Grots (soloist, piano), Marco Sala (soloist)
Zingales has a smooth, clear tone and an admirable technique; in the sonata the piano part is considerably more technical than the clarinet part, and Grots is impressive. In the Concert Pieces...
Mendelssohn: Chamber Music with Clarinet
Dario Zingales (soloist, clarinet), Alexey Grots (soloist, piano), Marco Sala (soloist)
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Zingales has a smooth, clear tone and an admirable technique; in the sonata the piano part is considerably more technical than the clarinet part, and Grots is impressive. In the Concert Pieces...
About
• In the early 19th century the clarinet was still rarely heard as a solo instrument. The two brothers Bärmann, Heinrich and Carl, were the first German virtuosos on the instrument and it was for them that Mendelssohn wrote two Konzertstücke with clarinet. These highly attractive, 3-movement works are written for clarinet, basset horn and piano and display all the instrumental virtuosity the Bärmanns were capable of.
• Also presented here are the Clarinet Sonata and a variety of arrangements for clarinet and piano of Mendelssohn’s famous Lieder Ohne Worte and two movements from the Scottish and Italian symphonies, delightful instrumental gems!
• Brilliantly performed with zest, energy and lyricism by Dario Zingales (clarinet), Marco Sala (Basset-horn) and Alexey Grots (piano). Zingales already successfully recorded works for clarinet and piano by the
Bärmann brothers on Brilliant Classics BC95785.
Contents and tracklist
- Dario Zingales (soloist), Alexey Grots (soloist), Marco Sala (soloist)
- Dario Zingales (clarinet), Alexey Grots (piano)
- Dario Zingales (clarinet), Alexey Grots (piano)
- Dario Zingales (clarinet), Alexey Grots (piano)
- Dario Zingales (clarinet), Alexey Grots (piano)
- Dario Zingales (soloist), Alexey Grots (soloist), Marco Sala (soloist)
- Alexey Grots (piano)
- Alexey Grots (piano)
- Dario Zingales (soloist), Alexey Grots (soloist), Marco Sala (soloist)
- Dario Zingales (clarinet), Alexey Grots (piano)
- Dario Zingales (clarinet), Alexey Grots (piano)
- Dario Zingales (clarinet), Alexey Grots (piano)
- Dario Zingales (clarinet), Alexey Grots (piano)
- Dario Zingales (soloist), Alexey Grots (soloist), Marco Sala (soloist)
Awards and reviews
September/October 2020
Zingales has a smooth, clear tone and an admirable technique; in the sonata the piano part is considerably more technical than the clarinet part, and Grots is impressive. In the Concert Pieces the clarinet and basset horn parts are more flamboyant, and here Zingales and Sala give fluent performances...it’s for the Concert Pieces that I will be keeping this CD: This is the first fully satisfying recording of the original versions that I have heard, and is therefore recommended!
