Quintets: Albright-Bolcom

Quintets: Albright-Bolcom features exciting and vibrant performances of the never before recorded Piano Quintet by William Bolcom and Clarinet Quintet by William Albright.

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Track List

Piano Quintet
William Bolcom

1.  Sonata Movement
2.  Larghetto
3.  Lamentation
4.  Rondo Furioso

Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
William Albright

5.  Wedge of Sighs
(Piu vivo, quasi tango surreale – l’intemezzo fantastico -Trancendent and hushed)
6. Theme, Adagio
7.  Variation 1: Danza rustica, pesante
8.  Variation 2: Delirious (Pizzicato polka on an idea of Brahms)
9. Variation 3: Largo (Marcia funebre)
10.  Variation 4: Andante (Night Music I)
11. Variation 5: Duetto 1 molto rapido
12. Variation 6: Lullabye (Homage to Brahms)
13. Variation 7: Vivo (Homage to Mozart)
14. Variation 8/9: Duetto 2 (Zephyr-mobile)/Lontano (Night Music II)
15. Variation 10: Canzona lamentosa
16. Variation 11: Adagio (Night Music III)
17. Variation 12: Klezmer Fantasy