Fin de siècle Bettina Aust & Robert Aust

• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918):
• 1 Debussy: Première rhapsodie, L. 116 (Version for Clarinet & Piano) 08:29
• Alban Berg (1885 - 1935): 4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 5:
• 2 Berg: 4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 5: No. 1, Mäßig 01:16
• 3 Berg: 4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 5: No. 2, Sehr langsam 01:49
• 4 Berg: 4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 5: No. 3, Sehr rasch 01:04
• 5 Berg: 4 Pieces for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 5: No. 4, Langsam 03:00
• Max Reger (1873 - 1916): Sonata for Clarinet & Piano in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 49 No. 2:
• 6 Reger: Sonata for Clarinet & Piano in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 49 No. 2: I. Allegro dolente 08:19
• 7 Reger: Sonata for Clarinet & Piano in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 49 No. 2: II. Vivacissimo 02:41
• 8 Reger: Sonata for Clarinet & Piano in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 49 No. 2: III. Larghetto 04:33
• 9 Reger: Sonata for Clarinet & Piano in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 49 No. 2: IV. Allegro affabile 05:54
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971): 3 Pieces for Clarinet Solo:
• 10 Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for Clarinet Solo: No. 1, Sempre piano e molto tranquillo 01:39
• 11 Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for Clarinet Solo: No. 2, Quarter Note = 168 01:14
• 12 Stravinsky: 3 Pieces for Clarinet Solo: No. 3, Quarter Note = 160 01:22
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921): Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167:
• 13 Saint-Saëns: Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: I. Allegretto 04:17
• 14 Saint-Saëns: Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: II. Allegro animato 02:03
• 15 Saint-Saëns: Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: III. Lento 04:01
• 16 Saint-Saëns: Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167: IV. Molto allegro 05:12
• Total Runtime 56:53

Info for Fin de siècle

The title of the album Fin de Siècle refers to the period around 1900, in which society experienced both upheaval and a sense of the end of time, as well as an adherence to traditional structures. Accordingly, compositions of Romanticism, Impressionism, atonal music, and echoes of jazz converge in this program featuring works composed over a period of 21 years.

After their debut album in 2016, clarinetist Bettina Aust now presents her second album together with pianist Robert Aust on the GENUIN classics label. The album is a co-production with BR Klassik. The siblings have been playing as a duo for more than twenty years and are prize winners of international competitions.

Bettina Aust, clarinet
Robert Aust, piano

Bettina Aust
is the prize winner of both the 2015 German Music Competition and the 2014 Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition. The clarinetist is a sought-after chamber musician and soloist. She regularly gives concerts with orchestras such as the Beethoven Orchester Bonn and the Lübeck Philharmonic Orchestra. Tours have taken her to numerous countries throughout Europe and Asia. In 2014 Bettina Aust was appointed principal clarinet of the Augsburg Philharmonic. She studied under Sabine Meyer (Lübeck), Johannes Peitz (Hanover) and Pascal Moragues (Paris) and was a long-time scholarship recipient of the German National Academic Foundation.

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