Das Klarinettenduo, Beate Zelinsky and David Smeyers together with the Minguet Quartett perform Nikolaus Brass’s Works for Clarinets and Strings on this new album from NEOS.

Nikolaus Brass composed the double concerto ‘Zeit im Grund’ following a conversation with Beate Zelinsky and David Smeyers in Donaueschingen in 2006. In 2009, Brass went on to compose his work Dialoghi d’amore VI for the duo, which he expanded into a three-movement work in 2011. Later the quintet SPUR for string trio and two clarinets was realized through a collaboration between the Munich based TrioCoriolis and Das Klarinettenduo. For the ‘5. Streichquartett Mit Zwei Obligaten Klarinette’, Beate Zelinsky and David Smeyers started working together with the Minguet Quartett. This inspired Brass to write his trio Strophen, composed especially for Beate Zelinsky, David Smeyers and the violist of the quartet, Aroa Sorin. This CD is completed by Salut and Adieu, both works for clarinet solo.