Color Gradient Lionel Andrey & Flore Merlin

• Charles-Marie Widor (1844 - 1937): Introduction et rondo, Op. 72:
• 1 Widor: Introduction et rondo, Op. 72 07:45
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Première Rhapsodie:
• 2 Debussy: Première Rhapsodie 07:44
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): Sonate pour clarinette et piano, FP 184:
• 3 Poulenc: Sonate pour clarinette et piano, FP 184: I. Allegro tristamente 05:17
• 4 Poulenc: Sonate pour clarinette et piano, FP 184: II. Romanza 04:45
• 5 Poulenc: Sonate pour clarinette et piano, FP 184: III. Allegro con fuoco 03:22
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990): Sonata for Clarinet and Piano:
• 6 Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: I. Grazioso 03:30
• 7 Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: II. Andantino - Vivace e leggiero 06:39
• Daniel Schnyder (b. 1961): Sonata für Sopransaxophon und Piano:
• 8 Schnyder: Sonata für Sopransaxophon und Piano: I. Quarter = 112 03:55
• 9 Schnyder: Sonata für Sopransaxophon und Piano: II. Langsam tempo rubato 02:54
• 10 Schnyder: Sonata für Sopransaxophon und Piano: III. Schnell 01:38
• 11 Schnyder: Sonata für Sopransaxophon und Piano: IV. Sehr schnell 03:54
• Alec Templeton (1910 - 1963): Pocket Size Sonata No.1:
• 12 Templeton: Pocket Size Sonata No.1: I. Improvisation 02:29
• 13 Templeton: Pocket Size Sonata No.1: II. Modal Blues 03:01
• 14 Templeton: Pocket Size Sonata No.1: III. In Rhythm 01:48
• Fabien Touchard (b. 1985): Envol (un sourire):
• 15 Touchard: Envol (un sourire) 03:59
• Total Runtime 01:02:40

Info for Color Gradient

Since we met while studying at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki in 2010 and after a few years of concerts and exploration, we are happy to be able to realise a project that has been close to our hearts for a long time: the recording of our first album. Together we have designed the programme Color Gradient, which includes works composed between the end of the 19th century and the present day. The programme is a journey from France to America and from so-called classical music to quasi-improvised music. Color Gradient can be seen as a tribute to the incredible stylistic and aesthetic developments in music during the 20th century in terms of harmony, form and melodic freedom.

The composers featured on the album are Widor, Debussy, Poulenc, Bernstein, Schnyder, Templeton and finally the young French composer Fabien Touchard, who wrote his piece 'Envol (un sourire)' for us for this recording.

We were lucky enough to record in the summer of 2022 in a beautiful, quiet and very pleasant venue and in a privileged and serene environment in the north of the Netherlands (D'Rentmeester in Valthermond). We collaborated with 7 Mountain Records and its founder and sound engineer Frerik De Jong, with whom Flore had already worked previously on the recording of O schöne Nacht, with the vocal quartet Damask.

Lionel Andrey, clarinet
Flore Merlin, piano

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