Schott Musik

Jörg Widmann, an internationally sought-after soloist and professor of clarinet at the Freiburg Musikhochschule, displays the exquisite refinement of contemporary clarinet sound in 'Fünf Bruchstücke'...

Composed in 1956 for the Attingham Summer School, this ten minute work for clarinet and piano is comprised of five movements.

While his contemporary Paul Hindemith found new approaches to composition, Gál remained rooted in the Germanic tradition. The Sonata clearly follows in the footsteps of the great masters Brahms and Re...

A neo-impressionistic, virtuosic-cantabile atmospheric picture.

After several pieces dealing with flow and mastery of a large-scale form, in 1997 I became fascinated by the idea of Bruch pieces: reduction, abridgement, concentration. The instruments I had grown fo...

From 19th-century tradition, we know numerous examples of clarinet sonatas which were transcribed for viola. In the present edition Killmayer's piece, originally written for viola and piano, is arrang...

The three-part albumleaf for clarinet and piano shows Rota's unique inventiveness and his unerring sense of atmospherically dense harmonies. The clarinet plays catchy, song-like motifs which develop a...

'They offer rewarding tasks to the player and give him the opportunity to show his brilliant virtuosity and achieve unusual effects while using all registers. Thanks to their virtuoso colours and unbr...

Widmann views in his 'Three Shadow Dances' again the clarinet from a completely different perspective and thereby encourages young clarinetists to develop an enthusiastic and playful approach to micro...

The only work still known today by Noack, 'Heinzelmännchens Wachtparade' [Parade of the Brownies] Op. 5 was called a 'character piece' by the composer himself, and this 'marche en miniature' conveys w...

The American composer and pianist Edward MacDowell (1860-1908) is rather unknown around here, even though he had his artistic roots in here: For he was trained as a pianist in Paris, Stuttgart, Wiesba...

Watkins skillfully interweaves the two instruments around the chorale theme. As usual in Watkins' work his skill as a musician shines through with neither instrument dominating.

Thierry Pécou's work for clarinet (or saxophone) and piano represents the vitality of Cuban music: polyphonic rhythms, fast tempo and complex chord sequences convey the pure joie de vivre of South Ame...