Black Bird

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Album Summary

Performers

• Fredrik Fors (Clarinet)
• Sveinung Bjelland (Piano)

Composers

• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Kyrre Sassebo Haaland (Composer)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Johan Kvandal (1919 - 1999)
• Trygve Madsen (1940 - )
• Finn Mortensen (1922 - 1983)

Notes & Reviews:

Few woodwind instruments have appealed as much to composers' imagination as the clarinet. Its remarkable propensity for timbral variation - from the softest, barely audible tone to piercing, almost desperate sounds make it particularly suited to expressing the whole gamut of human emotion.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Sofienberg Church, Norway (01/2008/06/2008).

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Works Details

Schumann, Robert : Phantasiestücke (3) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73

• Performers: Fredrik Fors (Clarinet); Sveinung Bjelland (Piano)
• Running Time: 10 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1849

Kvandal, Johan : Fantasy, for clarinet, Op. 68/2

• Performer: Fredrik Fors (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 6 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Grieg, Edvard : Tre lyriske stykker (Lyrical Pieces) :: Sommerfugl (Papillon)

• Performers: Sveinung Bjelland (Piano); Fredrik Fors (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886

Grieg, Edvard : Tre lyriske stykker (Lyrical Pieces) :: Erotikk (Erotikon)

• Performers: Sveinung Bjelland (Piano); Fredrik Fors (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886

Grieg, Edvard : Tre lyriske stykker (Lyrical Pieces) :: Til Våren (To Spring)

• Performers: Fredrik Fors (Clarinet); Sveinung Bjelland (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886

Haaland, Kyrre S. : Sort Fugi (Black Bird), for clarinet & piano

• Performers: Sveinung Bjelland (Piano); Fredrik Fors (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Written: 2008

Madsen, Trygve : Sonata for clarinet & piano, Op. 23

• Performers: Sveinung Bjelland (Piano); Fredrik Fors (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 5 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Stravinsky, Igor : Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo

• Performer: Fredrik Fors (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 4 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1919

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E flat major, Op. 167

• Performers: Sveinung Bjelland (Piano); Fredrik Fors (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 15 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1921

Mortensen, Finn : Sonatina for clarinet, Op. 9

• Performer: Fredrik Fors (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 6 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Modern