Claude Debussy:
Premiere Rhapsodie

Manfred Trojahn:
Rhapsodie pour clarinette et orchestre

Gabriel Pierné:
Canzonetta (arr. Jelle Tassyns)

Johannes Brahms:
Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Op. 120 in F Minor (arr. Luciano Berio)

Charles-Marie Widor:
Introduction et Rondo, Op. 72 (arr. Jelle Tassyns)

Belgian clarinettist Annelien Van Wauwe revives the golden glow of a bygone age on her PENTATONE debut album Belle époque, together with the Orchestre National de Lille and its music director Alexandre Bloch. The programme is built around treasures of French turn-of-the-century music such as Debussy’s Premiere Rhapsodie, Pierné’s Canzonetta and Widor’s Introduction et Rondo (the latter two in arrangements by Jelle Tassyns). Belle époque also offers works that display a spiritual kinship to the age, such as Brahms’s first clarinet sonata, arranged by Luciano Berio, and a world-premiere recording of Paris-based contemporary composer Manfred Trojahn (Rhapsodie pour clarinette et orchestre).

Annelien van Wauwe is a former BBC New Generation Artist and winner of the renowned Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award 2018. She kickstarts an exclusive collaboration with PENTATONE with this first solo album. The Orchestre National de Lille and Alexandre Bloch release their second PENTATONE album, after their 2018 recording of Bizet’s Les Pecheurs de perles, crowned with a Diapason d’or.

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This album was recorded at the Nouveau Siecle de Lille, December 2018.