Carl-Johan Stjernstrom - Three New Concertos for Bass Clarinet - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Concertos for bass clarinet are rare enough; this album brings three new ones to swell those limited ranks. It presents the fruit of a series of interlocking international co-operations, between orchestras in Sweden, the UK and USA, with American, British and Swedish composers and, at the heart of the undertaking, the bass clarinettist of the Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Carl-Johan Stjernstrom. All three composers exploit the huge range of colours the bass clarinet can offer, in music that ranges from the fierce and dramatic to the sunny and easy-going. The album also inaugurates a Toccata Next series providing a for the musicians of the Malmo Symphony Orchestra. Album Tracks 1. Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra~I. Largo (Notturno) - Presto 2. Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra~II. Presto (Scherzo-Rondo) 3. Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra~III. Larghetto 4. Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra~IV. Allegro 5. Tandem Concerto for Violin and Bass Clarinet~I. Con Freschezza (Quarter Note = 112) 6. Tandem Concerto for Violin and Bass Clarinet~II. Misterioso (Quarter Note = 56) 7. Tandem Concerto for Violin and Bass Clarinet~III. Rustico (Quarter Note = 112) 8. Prometheus Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra~I. According to the first… 9. Prometheus Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra~II. According to the second… 10. Prometheus Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra~III. According to the third… 11. Prometheus Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra~IV. According to the fourth…