Alexandre Bloch: Belle Epoque - SUPER-AUDIO CD

Title: Belle Epoque
Artist: Alexandre Bloch
Label: Pentatone
Product Type: SUPER-AUDIO CD
UPC: 827949080869
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-08-16
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: HYBRID SACD

Belgian clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe revives the golden glow of a bygone age on her PENTATONE debut album Belle époque, together with the Orchestre National de Lille and it's music director Alexandre Bloch. The programme is built around treasures of French turn-of-the-century music such as Debussy's Première Rhapsodie, Pierné's Canzonetta and Widor's Introduction et Rondo (the latter two in arrangements by Jelle Tassyns). Belle époque also offers works that display a spiritual kinship to the age, such as Brahms's first clarinet sonata, arranged by Luciano Berio, and a world-premiere recording of Paris-based contemporary composer Manfred Trojahn (Rhapsodie pour clarinette et orchestre). Annelien van Wauwe is a former BBC New Generation Artist and winner of the renowned Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2018. She kickstarts an exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE with this first solo album. The Orchestre National de Lille and Alexandre Bloch release their second PENTATONE album, after their 2018 recording of Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de perles, crowned with a Diapason d'or.

Tracks:
1.1 Première rapsodie (version for clarinet and orchestra) 00:07:41
1.2 I. Rêverie 00:08:40
1.3 II. Intermède avec valse à musette 00:04:48
1.4 III. Caprice 00:04:35
1.5 Canzonetta, Op. 19 (arr. J. Tassyns for clarinet and orchestra) 00:03:43
1.6 Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120 (arr. L. Berio for clarinet and orchestra)
1.7 I. Allegro appassionato 00:08:00
1.8 II. Andante un poco adagio 00:05:21
1.9 III. Allegretto grazioso 00:04:05
1.10 IV. Vivace 00:05:13
1.11 Introduction et Rondo, Op. 72 (arr. J. Tassyns for clarinet and orchestra) 00:07:37