A match made by their teachers, Ron Selka and Aviram Reichert have been collaborating for over 30 years. Starting in high school with a successful audition performance for the IDF Outstanding Musician program, they have performed numerous programs in duo recitals in Israel, the United States and South Korea, as well as chamber music concerts with many prominent musicians. This album is a milestone in a long musical journey traversed together. With this glorious complementary pair of CLARINET SONATAS, Brahms pays tribute to MÃ¼hlfeld's variegated tone palette, the first sonata sombre and rapturous, the second mellow and lyrical, together covering every possible nuance of color and mood, lyrical, rich in texture and melodic invention. Richard MÃ¼hlfeld was principal clarinetist of the Meiningen Orchestra (Germany), whose playing instantly captivated Brahms when he first heard him play in early 1891. Although Beethoven's shadow may have loomed large over Brahms's instrumental music, Brahms was considerably more relaxed in composing for the voice. From his earliest youth to his final composition, "Vier Ernste GesÃ¤nge" (Four Serious Songs), song-writing stood at the very heart of his work, free from the uncompromising self-critical scrutiny to which he subjected his instrumental works.

Tracklist:

Clarinet Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120 no. 2~Allegro amabile
Clarinet Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120 no. 2~Allegro appassionato
Clarinet Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120 no. 2~Andante con moto
Four Lieder from Op. 105~Wie Melodien Zieht es Mir
Four Lieder from Op. 105~Immer Leiser wird mein Schlummer
Four Lieder from Op. 105~Klage
Four Lieder from Op. 105~Auf dem Kirchhofe
Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 no. 1~Allegro appassionato
Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 no. 1~Andante un poco Adagio
Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 no. 1~Allegretto grazioso
Clarinet Sonata in F minor, Op. 120 no. 1~Vivace
Minnelied Op. 71 no. 5

UPC: 4250702801528
Label: Tyxart
Release Date: 4.16.21
Format: CD

Brahms / Selka / Reichert - Clarinet Sonatas & Five Lieder (CD)