Ernesto Cavallini (1807-1874)
Quatuor n° 1 pour trois clarinettes et une clarinette basse
Quatuor n° 2 pour trois clarinettes et une clarinette basse

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Allegro en sol mineur de la sonate pour clavecin n° 8

Raffaele Gervasio (1910-1994)
"Nel Vivo", pour trois clarinettes et clarinette basse, op. 127

Valentino Bucchi (1916-1976)
Concerto pour clarinette seule

Henghel Gualdi (1924-2005)
Prélude bref pour quatre clarinettes

Giuseppe Gherardeschi (1759-1815)
Cinq sonates pour clarinette

Guglielmo Cappetti (1875-1918)
Il Folletto, polka pour clarinette seule
La Civerttuola, Mazurka pour clarinette seule
Cicaleggio, polka pour clarinette seule

Bernardino Lanzi (Fin 19ème siècle)
Petite suite pour clarinette piccolo, deux clarinettes et clarinette basse

Quatuor Stark

Vinibaldo Baccari, clarinette
Sauro Berti, clarinette piccolo, clarinette
Antonio Fraioli, clarinette
Sergio Brusca, clarinette, clarinette basse

The key to this CD presented by Stark Quartet is the exploration of the XIX th and XX th century clarinet repertoire. Here the four musicians juggle between virtuosity and melodic inspirations performed in various different settings. The varied overview of composers presented here is both surprising, for the unexpected presence of an author like Giuseppe Gherardeschi known for his nineteenth-century style organ composition, and relevant for the importance of others like Ernesto Cavallini (called “the Paganini of clarinet”), yet, reaching contemporaries like Valentino Bucchi, with its important concert for solo clarinet, and Henghel Gualdi, pioneer of jazz clarinet in Italy.