Composer: Elliott Carter, Jean-Pierre Drouet, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Alessandro Solbiati
Performer: Benoît Cambreling, Luc Dedreuil, Julian Boutin, Julien Dieudegard, Yi-Ping Yang, Emanuela Piemonti
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Artalinna
Catalogue: ATLA008
Release: 2015
Size: 509 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Carter: Eight Pieces for Four Timpani (One Player)
01. I. Saëta
02. II. Moto Perpetuo
03. III. Adagio
04. IV. Recitative [Adagio drammatico]
05. V. Improvisation [Allegro]
06. VI. Canto
07. VII. Canaries
08. VIII. March
09. Ichiyanagi: Rhythm Gradation, SJ 110 (Meno mosso) [For Timpani]
10. Drouet: De l’ombre… (For Timpani and String Trio)
11. Solbiati: Specchi (For Five Timpani and Piano)
Clearly with a bold agenda in mind, this program, put together by Benoît Cambreling – the famed timpani soloist of the Orchestre National de Lyon – initiates a new collection of recordings on the Artalinna label called Innovation, consisting in pairing new works from the late 20th and early 21st centuries with great classics of music from the last century, such as Eight Pieces for Four Timpani, composed by Elliott Carter in 1950 and 1966, a genuine cornerstone of the timpani repertoire that would influence all the other creators of this program, from Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japan) to Alessandro Solbiati (Italy), to Jean-Pierre Drouet (France).