Serenade: Songs for Clarinet

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Edvard Grieg

Genre:

Orchestral

Label: Sony Classical

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 62

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: 887654498724

887654498724. Serenade: Songs for Clarinet. Fabio di Casola

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
Abendempfindung Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Versunken Franz Schubert, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Franz Schubert, Composer
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Movement: Solveig's song Edvard Grieg, Composer
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
(4) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Lerchengesang (wds. Candidus) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
(3) Gesänge, Movement: No. 2, Die Blume der Ergebung (wds. Rückert) Robert Schumann, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Robert Schumann, Composer
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
(Der) Zauberer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Nacht und Träume Franz Schubert, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Franz Schubert, Composer
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
(2) Lieder, Movement: Gestillte Sehnsucht (wds. Rückert) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Winterreise, Movement: No. 5, Der Lindenbaum Franz Schubert, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Franz Schubert, Composer
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
(6) Songs Edvard Grieg, Composer
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
(6) Gesänge Robert Schumann, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Robert Schumann, Composer
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
(Das) Traumbild Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Du bist die Ruh Franz Schubert, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Franz Schubert, Composer
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Myrthen, Movement: No. 1, Widmung (wds. Rückert) Robert Schumann, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Robert Schumann, Composer
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
(6) Lieder, Movement: No. 2, Feldeinsamkeit (wds. Allmers) Johannes Brahms, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Johannes Brahms, Composer
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Liederkreis, Movement: No. 5, Mondnacht Robert Schumann, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Robert Schumann, Composer
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Melodies of the Heart, Movement: No. 3, I love but thee (Jeg elsker dig) Edvard Grieg, Composer
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Romanzen und Balladen III, Movement: No. 2, Loreley (wds. Lorenz) Robert Schumann, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Robert Schumann, Composer
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra
Ave Maria, 'Ellens Gesang III' Franz Schubert, Composer
Fabio di Càsola, Clarinet
Franz Schubert, Composer
Willi Zimmermann, Conductor
Zurich Chamber Orchestra

A delightful anthology of lovely songs transcribed for clarinet and strings by Fabian Müller that will surely be welcomed by all lovers of the clarinet – and indeed perhaps appeal to followers of the morning radio programmes of Classic FM, who often feature miniature masterpieces of this kind. Fabio Di Càsola creates a true vocal line. He plays gently and phrases persuasively, with warmly beautiful timbre, so that one hardly misses the words of these outstanding songs (except perhaps in Schubert’s ‘Ave Maria’, Grieg’s ‘Ich liebe dich’ and Schumann’s ‘Mondnacht’).

He opens seductively with Schubert’s ‘Ständchen’, and all the other Schubert songs, because of their flexible melodic lines, sound most effective on the clarinet, especially ‘Nacht und Träume’, ‘Versunken’ and ‘Du bist die Ruh’. Schumann’s ‘Loreley’, ‘Herzleid’ and especially ‘Widmung’ similarly respond to Di Càsola’s melting timbre and subtle control of light and shade. The collection is perhaps at its finest in Grieg’s ‘Solveig’s Song’ and Brahms’s ‘Lerchengesang’, while Mozart’s ‘Der Zauberer’ makes a tripping contrast, and the other Mozart songs pleasingly contrast with Lieder written a century later.

‘Der Lindenbaum’ from Winterreise is surprisingly effective without the words; Brahms’s beautiful ‘Gestillte Sehnsucht’ perhaps less so, but it still has its viola obbligato, gently played by Ryszard Groblewski. (Indeed, the orchestral backing for this very fine song is particularly well managed.) Throughout, the intimate accompaniment by members of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra is judiciously scored to fit each song perfectly, and the recording is beautifully balanced and truthfully recorded in a warm acoustic. On the whole this is a great success.

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