Pierre Pichler – SONUS (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

If you will, it was a “century of the clarinet” – that age of the fading classical and romantic periods in which this woodwind instrument was already so mature that it could be considered ennobled, for example, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet K. 581 of 1789, set for basset clarinet, and his immortal Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra K. 622 of 1791. Carl Stamitz, Franz Krommer, Louis Spohr and Carl Maria von Weber contributed numerous works to a modern literature, and increasingly detailed technical extensions animated composers to dedicate new demanding and rewarding pieces to the clarinet.

Tracklist:
1-1. Pierre Pichler – I – Zart und mit Ausdruck (03:01)
1-2. Pierre Pichler – II – Lebhaft, leicht (03:26)
1-3. Pierre Pichler – III – Rasch und mit Feuer (03:57)
1-4. Pierre Pichler – I – Allegretto grazioso ma ben marcato (01:10)
1-5. Pierre Pichler – II – Langsam sehr frei (02:33)
1-6. Pierre Pichler – III – Tempo di Valse grotesque (01:07)
1-7. Pierre Pichler – IV – Lento tranquillo (01:56)
1-8. Pierre Pichler – V – Sehr lebhaft (01:22)
1-9. Pierre Pichler – I – Allegro con fuoco (06:27)
1-10. Pierre Pichler – II – Andante con moto (05:23)
1-11. Pierre Pichler – III – Rondo: Allegro (06:53)
1-12. Pierre Pichler – I – Mäßig (01:29)
1-13. Pierre Pichler – II – Sehr langsam (01:36)
1-14. Pierre Pichler – III – Sehr rasch (01:07)
1-15. Pierre Pichler – IV – Langsam (02:57)
1-16. Pierre Pichler – Sonata for Piano and Clarinet in E-flat major, Op. 120/2 – I – Allegro amabile (07:33)
1-17. Pierre Pichler – Sonata for Piano and Clarinet in E-flat major, Op. 120/2 – II – Allegro appassionato (05:13)
1-18. Pierre Pichler – Sonata for Piano and Clarinet in E-flat major, Op. 120/2 – III – Andante con moto – Allegro (07:04)