SKU: IS.CP6302EM

ISBN 9790365063024.

The Swiss-born clarinet virtuoso Matthias Muller is one of the most versatile and inspiring clarinet players and composers of his generation. This concerto is modelled on classical forms and deploys an aesthetic that is close to the Second Age of Modernism, which does not seek renewal in external appearance but looks for own characteristic ways in the internal structure. The harmony is based on a specific chord structure, exposed in the first part and set to shape in the next parts. The technical Clarity seeks contrasts in motivic and thematic processing of the material and in pronounced variations. This concerto has been recorded by the composer on the NEOS label (20904).

SKU: HL.48022454

Author: Mikko Raasakka.

A guide to clarinet technique and Finnish clarinet music. A thorough and fascinating study of the potential of the modern clarinet and also a compendium of Finnish clarinet music to date. The enclosed CD contains 81 tracks featuring the examples presented in the book.

SKU: FG.55011-649-8

ISBN 9790550116498.

Antti Auvinen's (b. 1974) Eliangelis (2005) for clarinet solo challenges the conventional way of writing for a monophonic solo instrument: at times the multi-layered multiphonic figures create an illusion of polyfony, and at times the timbres for the clarinet are augmented by a combination of broken sound and pitchless hissing. Sounds created by unusual ways of playing do not sound artificial. Auvinen uses them in a service of the musical substance understanding the features of the clarinet. Despite its modern approaches, the music of Auvinen slips with ease into the centuries-old classical-music continuum, and the emotional charges generated by music occupy an important role. Art, he says, affects people deepest down, in the realm of emotion.

SKU: FG.706334-10-3

ISBN 979-0-706334-10-3.

A work in five movements which are played without pause. Juhani Nuorvala makes his music using elements that fascinate him most and that his mind and body respond to. These elements he finds not only in old or new classical music but in various forms of urban music, such as the electronic music or modern dance clubs.