Composer: Claude Debussy, Manfred Trojahn, Gabriel Pierné, Johannes Brahms, Charles-Marie Widor
Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe
Orchestra: Orchestre National de Lille
Conductor: Alexandre Bloch
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Release: 2019
Size: 1.07 GB
Recovery: +3%
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Claude Debussy:
01. Première rhapsodie, L. 116 (Version for Clarinet & Orchestra)
Manfred Trojahn:
Rhapsodie pour clarinette et orchestre
02. I. Rêverie
03. II. Intermède avec valse à la musette
04. III. Caprice
Gabriel Pierné:
05. Canzonetta in E-Flat Major, Op. 19 (Arr. J. Tassyns for Clarinet & Orchestra)
Johannes Brahms:
Clarinet Sonata in F Minor, Op. 120 No. 1 (Arr. L. Berio for Clarinet & Orchestra)
06. I. Allegro appassionato
07. II. Andante un poco adagio
08. III. Allegretto grazioso
09. IV. Vivace
Charles-Marie Widor:
10. Introduction et rondo, Op. 72 (Arr. J. Tassyns for Clarinet & Orchestra)
Belgian clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe revives the golden glow of a bygone age on her PENTATONE debut album Belle époque, together with the Orchestre National de Lille and its music director Alexandre Bloch. The programme is built around treasures of French turn-of-thecentury music such as Debussy’s Première Rhapsodie, Pierné’s Canzonetta and Widor’s Introduction et Rondo (the latter two in arrangements by Jelle Tassyns). Belle époque also offers works that display a spiritual kinship to the age, such as Brahms’s first clarinet sonata, arranged by Luciano Berio, and a world-premiere recording of Parisbased contemporary composer Manfred Trojahn (Rhapsodie pour clarinette et orchestre).
Annelien van Wauwe is a former BBC New Generation Artist and winner of the renowned Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2018. She kickstarts an exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE with this first solo album. The Orchestre National de Lille and Alexandre Bloch release their second PENTATONE album, after their 2018 recording of Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles, crowned with a Diapason d’or.