ALC 0021 New works for G Clarinet Mediterranean Soul

New Music for G Clarinet is a unique and original album for several reasons, extremely significant both from a musical and cultural point of view. As shown in the title, the main instrument is the G Clarinet, also known as Turkish Clarinet. It was born and developed in the Balkans and almost exclusively associated to the ethnic and jazz music of these lands. Inevitably, Western culture experienced Balkan sounds, melodies and rhythms (which were unrelated to the music of its own belonging) through the Mediterranean entrances, first among them the southern Italian coasts. New Music for G Clarinet is the first and only work currently recorded in which it can be listened and appreciated a G clarinet interpreting almost totally original music, with an unknown timbre. Piero Vincenti is one of the few western clarinetists devoted to the study and promotion of the G clarinet. This work is also testimony to the birth of the first repertoire of cultured music for this instrument, characterized by a unique timbre, which includes pieces for solo clarinet, duo with piano and soloist in wind orchestra.