Carl-Johan Stjernstrom, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Musica Vitae, Joachim Gustafsson - Music from Malmö, Vol. 1: 3 New Concertos for Bass Clarinet (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 81:21 minutes | 1,31 GB
Classical | Label: Toccata Classics, Official Digital Download
Concertos for bass clarinet are rare enough; this album brings three new ones to swell those limited ranks. It presents the fruit of a series of interlocking international co-operations, between orchestras in Sweden, the UK and USA, with American, British and Swedish composers and, at the heart of the undertaking, the bass clarinettist of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Carl-Johan Stjernström. All three composers exploit the huge range of colours the bass clarinet can offer, in music that ranges from the fierce and dramatic to the sunny and easy-going. The album also inaugurates a Toccata Next series providing a platform for the musicians of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra.