Composer: Alban Berg, Johannes Brahms, Francis Poulenc, Robert Schumann
Performer: Michel Portal, Michel Dalberto
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: La Dolce Volta
Catalogue: LDV96
Release: 2024
Size: 1.1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata, Op. 184
01. I. Allegro tristamente
02. II. Romanza
03. III. Allegro con fuoco
Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
04. I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
05. II. Lebhaft, leicht
06. III. Rasch und mit Feuer
Schumann: Romances, Op. 94
07. No. 1, Romanze in A Minor
08. No. 2, Romanze in A Major
09. No. 3, Romanze in A Minor
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120 No. 2
10. I. Allegro amabile
11. II. Allegro appassionato
12. III. Andante con moto – Allegro
Berg: Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5
13. I. Maßig
14. II. Sehr langsam
15. III. Sehr rasch
16. IV. Langsam
This album takes us on a journey through several different eras of Romanticism, from its origins to its twilight, from Schumann to Poulenc by way of Brahms and Berg. It is also the story of a long friendship and artistic collaboration . . . A declared enemy of anything that smacks of routine, the clarinettist Michel Portal looks after his unpredictability the way an astronaut looks after his oxygen supply. His almost organic curiosity, his need for exchange, reacts here to an exciting encounter with the pianist Michel Dalberto. The clarinet sonatas by Brahms and Poulenc, Schumann’s Phantasiestücke and Berg’s Four Pieces are all seen in a new perspective at La Dolce Volta. Every Michel Portal recording is a passport to wisdom, a term that for him goes hand in hand with speed, joy and exultation. Eternal youth!