Composer: Leonard Bernstein, Francis Poulenc, Sergei Prokofiev, Mieczyslaw Weinberg
Performer: Pablo Barragán, Sophie Pacini
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aparté
Catalogue: AP287
Release: 2022
Size: 649 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata, Op. 184
01. I. Allegro tristamente
02. II. Romanza
03. III. Allegro con fuoco
Bernstein: Clarinet Sonata
04. I. Grazioso
05. II. Andantino – Vivace e leggiero
Weinberg: Sonata for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 28
06. I. Allegro
07. II. Allegretto
08. III. Adagio
Prokofiev: Flute Sonata in D Major (Arr. for Clarinet by Kent Kennan & Pablo Barragán)
09. I. Moderato
10. II. Scherzo
11. III. Andante
12. IV. Allegro con brio
Boundless: that’s how one might describe these sonatas by Prokofiev, Weinberg, Bernstein and Poulenc. All of them, except the one by Poulenc, were composed during the Second World War, a fact that is worth noting, given their great virtuosity, each one exploring in a different way the boundaries of the genre. While Weinberg draws on klezmer, the music of his childhood, and Bernstein on jazz, Prokofiev, like Poulenc, chooses a classical language, treated with great freedom. Prokofiev’s famous Flute Sonata in D Major, which appealed so immediately to the violinist David Oistrakh, is presented here in a new transcription for clarinet. Pablo Barragán and Sophie Pacini form a duo that is dynamic and refined; they are perfectly at home in this repertoire!