Klarinetten-Bibliothek

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...

Easy pieces written for tuition purposes, with which Regner (who studied with Orff) aims to stimulate the player's imagination and introduce them gently to the sounds of modern music.From the introduc...

Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890) left to the musical world an extensive oeuvre of orchestral and chamber music works, works for organ and piano, lieder and chants as well as incidental music. His versat...

Finally, the music of Charles Koechlin is no longer an insider tip, but is being discovered both for the concert hall and the CD! With our edition we now present a widely unknown facet of his work. Fo...

This showpiece by Adolf Schreiner (1847-1921) is perfectly suited as encore or even for children's concerts. In accordance with the composer's instructions, the performer gradually disassembles the in...

Contrechant is an extensive study on multiphonics (and other special sounds) which - with modifications in specific details - has been elaborated in versions for clarinet and bass clarinet. As an extr...

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...

maverick I [noise] is the first piece in a five-part series of solo compositions for double-bass instruments. The subtitle 'noise' points to the fact that the composition is pervaded by numerous noise...

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 unbri...

'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...

The title of the work refers to the Persian poet, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayyam who lived during the eleventh century and was one of the greatest scholars of his time. The thr...

An effective piece between romantic and jazzy, reminiscent of circus music in places. Originally composed by Paul Lewis for harmonica, the successful short work was arranged for various instruments by...

The Greek composer Nickos Harizanos, born in 1969, was awarded a prize at the Harald Genzmer Composition Competition 2010 for this work. Written in free tonality and extremely rewarding for the clarin...

The Sonatina for clarinet and piano has been composed for didactic purposes, at a clarinet teacher's request. It is a didactic work as it implies both the clarinetist and the pianist to be sufficientl...

The Sonata (2012) - like the Sonata for Violoncello and Piano from the same year - tells of travels through Turkey: Pamukkale, Istanbul Nocturne, Cappadocia. Musically characterized in the style of Sa...

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 sense of longing, characteristic of every elegy, is really made for the tonal world of the clarinet. In this attractive concert piece, however, it is 'loaded with barbed hooks', as the composer on...