Schumann, Reinecke, Debussy, Berg & Corigliano: Works Featuring Clarinet Mathias Kjøller

• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): 3 Romances, Op. 94 (Version for Clarinet & Piano):
• 1 3 Romances, Op. 94 (Version for Clarinet & Piano): No. 1 in A Minor. Nicht schnell 03:38
• 2 3 Romances, Op. 94 (Version for Clarinet & Piano): No. 2 in A Major. Einfach, innig 03:43
• 3 3 Romances, Op. 94 (Version for Clarinet & Piano): No. 3 in A Minor. Nicht schnell 04:35
• Carl Reinecke (1824 - 1910 ): Introduction & Allegro appassionato in C Minor, Op. 256:
• 4 Introduction & Allegro appassionato in C Minor, Op. 256 07:28
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): 4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 5:
• 5 Première rhapsodie, L. 116 08:13
• Alban Berg (1885 - 1935): 4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 5:
• 6 4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 5: No. 1, Mäßig 01:19
• 7 4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 5: No. 2, Sehr langsam 01:56
• 8 4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 5: No. 3, Sehr rasch 01:09
• 9 4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 5: No. 4, Langsam 03:01
• 10 Chamber Concerto: II. Adagio (Version for Violin, Clarinet & Piano) 12:13
• John Corigliano Jr. (b. 1938): Soliloquy (Version for Clarinet & String Quartet):
• 11 Soliloquy (Version for Clarinet & String Quartet) 09:44
• Total Runtime 56:59

Info for Schumann, Reinecke, Debussy, Berg & Corigliano: Works Featuring Clarinet

Danish clarinettist Mathias Kjøller, himself a laureate in the Carl Nielsen Competition and former principal of the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, has collaborated with several highly acclaimed musicians for this recording of chamber music works. The album is a testament to the sound worlds created for the clarinet by Schumann, Reinecke, Debussy, Berg and Corigliano.

The connection between composers is foremost an emotional, and very melancholic one, ranging from the highly expressive Three Romances by Schumann to Alban Berg’s Adagio, with Corigliano’s Soliloquy serving as a sorrowful coda having been written in memoriam of the composer’s father.

Mathias Kjoller, clarinet
Chloë Hanslip, violin
Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano
Callino Quartet

Chloë Hanslip
(b. 1987) has already established herself as an artist of distinction on the international stage. Prodigiously talented, she made her BBC Proms debut in 2002 and her US concerto debut in 2003, and has performed at major venues in the UK (Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall), Europe (Vienna Musikverein, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Paris Louvre and Salle Gaveau, St Petersburg Hermitage) as well as Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Arts Space in Tokyo and the Seoul Arts Centre.

Her performances have included the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Beethoven Orchester Bonn, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Mozart Players, Lahti Symphony, Moscow State Symphony, Norwegian Radio, Real Filharmonia Galicia, Vienna Tonkünstler Orchester, Hamburg Symfoniker, Czech National Symphony, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Orchestra Regionale Toscana, Helsingborg Symphony, Royal Flemish Philharmonic and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra. Further afield her engagements include the Cincinnati Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Tokyo Symphony, Malaysia Philharmonic, Adelaide Symphony, Auckland Philharmonina and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. She has collaborated with conductors such as Sir Neville Marriner, Sir Andrew Davis, Mariss Jansons, Paavo Järvi, Charles Dutoit, Michail Jurowski and Jeffrey Tate.

Chloë records for Hyperion and her first release on the label featured Violin Concertos by Vieuxtemps (Royal Flemish Philharmonic Orchestra/Brabbins). Her CD of York Bowen Sonatas with Danny Driver received recommendations from Gramophone (Choice) and The Strad and her other Hyperion recordings include Glazunov/Schoeck Concertos and Medtner Violin Sonatas. Other notable recordings included Bruch Concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra (Warner Classics) winning her the Echo Klassik Award for 'Best Newcomer' (2002) and 'Young British Classical Performer' at the Classical BRITS (2003), and a highly acclaimed recording of John Adams Violin Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Slatkin.

Hanslip's wide-ranging repertoire spans Concertos by Britten, Prokofiev, Beethoven, Brahms, Korngold, Barber, Bernstein, Delius, Mendelssohn, Bruch, Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Walton and Sibelius as well as contemporary works by Adams, Glass, Corigliano, Nyman, Huw Watkins, Peter Maxwell Davies and Brett Dean. A committed chamber musician, she is a regular participant in Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove and at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in Finland. Her recital partners include Angela Hewitt, Danny Driver, Igor Tchetuev and Charles Owen.

Highlights of the 2014-15 season include recitals in London (Wigmore Hall) and Tokyo, and concerto performances with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Czech National Symphony, Bern Symphony, Bremen Philharmonic, Duisburg Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales and in the USA with Phoenix and Alabama Symphony Orchestras.

Chloë studied for ten years with the Russian pedagogue Zakhar Bron. She has also worked with Christian Tetzlaff, Robert Masters, Ida Haendel, Salvatore Accardo, and Gerhard Schulz. She plays a Guarneri del Gesu 1737.

Mathias Kjøller
born in 1985, began playing the clarinet at age 10. In 2004 he entered the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, studying with John Kruse (Royal Danish Opera), and in 2007 - at age 21 -, he was appointed principal clarinetist in Aarhus Symphony Orchestra. After finishing studies in Aarhus, Mathias entered the Royal Academy of Music in Copenhagen, studying with Lee Morgan (Royal Danish Opera) where he won the soloist competition and played the Nielsen Concerto with conductor Michael Schønwandt. He also regularly travels to study with the internationally renowned clarinet professor, Yehuda Gilad in Los Angeles.

In 2011, he was appointed associate principal clarinet in the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, but, after careful consideration he decided to go back to Aarhus Symphony Orchestra in 2013. In 2013, he was awarded 2nd prize, Odense Symphony Orchestra’s prize and the prize for the best interpretation of the Carl Nielsen clarinet concerto in the International Carl Nielsen Clarinet Competition. As a soloist, he has played with the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Odense Symphony Orchestra and several times with the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra - one of them at the of cial grand opening of the orchestra’s Symphonic Hall in Aarhus Music House in 2007.

Besides his positions in Aarhus and Copenhagen, he has also played in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra as a guest principal. Mathias is a very active chamber musician working regularly with musicians like Simon Crawford-Philips, The Danish String Quartet and Marianna Shirinyan.

Besides his studies with Kruse, Morgan and Gilad, Mathias has studied with Ricardo Morales, Wenzel Fuchs, Hans Christian Bræin, Philippe Berrod, Karl Leister and Martin Fröst. He has received received noumerous awards and scholarships, among others the Sonning Scholarship for musicians, the Victor Borge Prize and the Danish Arts Council’s The Young Elite Scholarship.

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