Wigmore Soloists: Clarinet Trios | BIS BIS2535

Wigmore Soloists: Clarinet Trios

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BIS2535

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 2nd December 2022

Contents

Artists

Michael Collins (clarinet)
Isabelle van Keulen (violin, viola)
Michael McHale (piano)

Works

Bruch, Max

Pieces (8) for clarinet, viola and piano, op.83
» no.5 Rumanische Melodie
» no.6 Nachtgesang
» no.7 Allegro vivace, ma non troppo
» no.8 Moderato

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Clarinet Trio in E flat major, K498 'Kegelstatt Trio'

Schumann, Robert

Marchenerzahlungen, op.132

Stravinsky, Igor

The Soldier's Tale (L'Histoire du Soldat): Suite for violin, clarinet and piano

Artists

Michael Collins (clarinet)
Isabelle van Keulen (violin, viola)
Michael McHale (piano)

About

As core members of the ensemble Wigmore Soloists, Michael Collins, Isabelle van Keulen and Michael McHale present four works for clarinet trio composed over a period of some 130 years. Mozart’s Kegelstatt Trio was long believed to have been composed during a game of bowling. The writing is reminiscent of a conversation between three friends in which contrasts are not excluded: we hear affection, divergences and even disagreements. This atmosphere of friendly, playful, and sometimes very intimate exchange also pervades Schumann’s Märchenerzählungen (Fairy Tales). While its spirited conviviality might give the impression that this work was the product of idyllic times, it was actually composed during Schumann’s last full year of sanity before his final mental collapse in 1854.

There is a similar atmosphere of warm intimacy in Max Bruch’s Eight Pieces, written in 1910. Four of them are presented here, giving not a single hint of the approaching First World War. Based on a Russian folk tale, Stravinsky’s stage work L’Histoire du Soldat may be less good-natured than the preceding works. But the music is wonderfully entertaining, borrowing from various genres, including jazz. The composer’s trio version consist of five movements and has deservedly become his most frequently performed chamber composition.

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