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Bouffil: Clarinet Chamber Music / Magistrelli, Romano, Bracco
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Bouffil: Clarinet Chamber Music / Magistrelli, Romano, Bracco

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Details

Composer
Jacques-Jules Bouffil
Artist
Luigi Magistrelli, Laura Magistrelli, Cristina Romano, Claudia Bracco
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Sep 23, 2022
Catalog #
BRI96611
UPC
5028421966113

About

Little is known of Jacques-Jules Bouffil (or Boufil, 1783–1868) before his admission to the newly founded Paris Conservatoire in 1801. There he became a clarinet student of Xavier Lefevre, apparently making such rapid progress that he was awarded a premier prix on his graduation in 1806 and appointed second clarinet in the Opera-Comique a year later. In the years following he began to share principal clarinet duties with Charles Duvernoy until eventually (in 1821) succeeding him outright in the post.

Enter the Czech-born composer Antonin Reicha, who had arrived in the French capital from Vienna in 1808 fleeing the conflict that had engulfed Europe. A later account of 1837 tells us that while the Theater Feydeau was performing Reicha’s opera Cagliostro, the composer was approached one day by Bouffil and a colleague, Guenee, both members of the orchestra, asking for composition lessons. Reicha agreed, and his private class soon swelled to include other talented Parisian instrumentalists, Joseph Guillou (flute), Gustave Vogt (oboe), Antoine Henry (bassoon) and Louis Dauprat (horn) among them. The same account goes on to relay that, as the winds had been neglected as solo instruments in favor of strings by composers of the day (Mozart excepted), Reicha had the idea to combine the five principal winds, and after some research he published six wind quintets in succession, performed by Bouffil and the above-mentioned members of his composition studio over three consecutive winters, in the foyer of the Salle Favart.

Coached in composition by Reicha, Bouffil wrote primarily for his own instrument and in a Viennese style attractively modulated with a French accent, having both virtuosic and didactic purposes in mind. Both of these sides of his output receive attention on the present album.

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro moderato - Adagio 07:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato - Adagio
    Duration
    07:06
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò, Claudia Bracco
  2. 2 II. Allegro agitato 07:13
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro agitato
    Duration
    07:13
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Luigi Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò, Claudia Bracco
  3. 3 La dame blanche: Overture (arr. F.-A. Boieldieu for 2 clarinets) 09:01
    Track
    3
    Title
    La dame blanche: Overture (arr. F.-A. Boieldieu for 2 clarinets)
    Duration
    09:01
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Laura Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò
  4. 4 I. Andante - Allegro 05:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Andante - Allegro
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Laura Magistrelli, Luigi Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò
  5. 5 II. Allegretto 02:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Laura Magistrelli, Luigi Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò
  6. 6 III. Minuetto e Trio 02:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Minuetto e Trio
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Laura Magistrelli, Luigi Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò
  7. 7 IV. Allegro 04:18
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Laura Magistrelli, Luigi Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò
  8. 8 I. Allegro maestoso 05:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Laura Magistrelli, Luigi Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò
  9. 9 II. Minuetto e Trio 02:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Minuetto e Trio
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Laura Magistrelli, Luigi Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò
  10. 10 III. Andante 02:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Laura Magistrelli, Luigi Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò
  11. 11 IV. Allegro moderato 02:47
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Laura Magistrelli, Luigi Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò
  12. 12 I. Allegro non troppo 04:58
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Laura Magistrelli, Luigi Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò
  13. 13 II. Adagio cantabile 03:54
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Adagio cantabile
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Laura Magistrelli, Luigi Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò
  14. 14 III. Minuetto e Trio 03:10
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Minuetto e Trio
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Laura Magistrelli, Luigi Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò
  15. 15 IV. Allegro non troppo 05:46
    Track
    15
    Title
    IV. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Jacques-Jules Bouffil
    Performer
    Laura Magistrelli, Luigi Magistrelli, Cristina Romanò