Annette Winker and Klaus Simon have brought to light a number of gems from the repertoire for bassoon and piano. Five works from the 20th and 21st Centuries make up a program full of stylistic contrast and vivid colours. Among the works is a piece dedicated to Winker by Moritz Eggert, his Ablenkungsmanöver, or “Distraction Maneuvers”
Official Release: February 2016
ANDRÉ PREVIN (*1929)
SONATA FOR BASSOON AND PIANO (1999)
I With energy
II Slowly
III Vivace, very rythmic
JULIUS RÖNTGEN (1855 – 1932)
SONATE FÜR FAGOTT UND KLAVIER (1929)
I Lento e mesto
II Un poco agitato
III Fantasia
IV Allegro
IVÁN ERÖD (*1936)
SONATE FÜR FAGOTT UND KLAVIER
»SONATA MILANESE« OP. 47 (1984)
I Allegro molto
II Andante tranquillo
III Lento, molto giusto
CLAUDE VIVIER (1948 – 1983)
IMPROVISATION
POUR BASSON ET PIANO (1975)
MORITZ EGGERT (*1965)
ABLENKUNGSMANÖVER (2012)
INSTRUMENTALES THEATER
FÜR FAGOTT UND KLAVIER
Total Time / Gesamtspielzeit: 72:13
TEXTS IN ENGLISH (36 PAGES)
℗+© SPEKTRAL ORD. NO.: SRL4-15140
EAN: 4 260130 381400
Born in Sindelfingen, Annette Winker studied with Alfred Rinderspacher, Eberhard Marschall, and Hermann Herder. Above all, she is interested in chamber music that is off the beaten path. Several compositions have been dedicated to her, including Moritz Eggert’s Ablenkungsmanöver, which is recorded here. She collaborates with the conductor and pianist Klaus Simon, and together they continue to seek out unknown and newly composed repertoire for bassoon and piano. Along with her solo work, Winker also appears as a chamber musician in the Pocket Orchestra of Freiburg, the Holst Sinfonietta, and the Offenburg Ensemble.
Klaus Simon was born in Überlingen am Bodensee and is active as a conductor, pianist, and arranger. He studied music at the University of Music in Freiburg, piano with Michael Leuschner, and also participated in masterclasses with Aloys Kontarsky (piano), and Hans Zender and Johannes Kalitzke (conducting). Simon is the founder and artistic director of the Holst Sinfonietta and the Opera Factory in Freiburg (which, until 2014, was known as the Young Opera Company). With these groups, he has busied himself for decades exploring mainly forgotten and neglected repertoire. His main focus is music after 1900.
As as pianist, Klaus Simon works mainly as an art song accompanist, and has initiated a concert series in Freiburg devoted to the 20th Century art song repertoire. He frequently appears with singers such as sopranos Britta Stallmeister and Sarah Wegener, mezzo-soprano Tanja Ariane Baumgartner, and baritones Uwe Schenker-Primus and Hans Christoph Begemann. Several CDs and broadcast recordings document his tireless commitment to music. Since 2007, Klaus Simon has also enjoyed success as an arranger, and his reworkings of Mahler, Berg, and Schoenberg have been performed worldwide.
