Luigi Magistrelli - Bouffil: Clarinet Chamber Music (2022)

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 LefeÌvre, apparently making such rapid progress that he was awarded a premier prix on his graduation in 1806 and appointed second clarinet in the Opeìra-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 Theìâtre Feydeau was performing Reicha’s opera Cagliostro, the composer was approached one day by Bouffil and a colleague, Gueìneìe, 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.
Tracklist
[07:06] 01. Claudia Bracco - Duo for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 4: I. Allegro moderato - Adagio
[07:13] 02. Claudia Bracco - Duo for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 4: II. Allegro Agitato
[09:01] 03. Claudia Bracco - La Dame Blanche: I. Overture
[05:59] 04. Claudia Bracco - Trio No. 1, Op. 8: I. Andante - Allegro
[02:05] 05. Claudia Bracco - Trio No. 1, Op. 8: II. Allegretto
[02:53] 06. Claudia Bracco - Trio No. 1, Op. 8: III. Minuetto e Trio
[04:18] 07. Claudia Bracco - Trio No. 1, Op. 8: IV. Allegro
[05:24] 08. Claudia Bracco - Trio No. 1, Op. 7: I. Allegro Maestoso
[02:46] 09. Claudia Bracco - Trio No. 1, Op. 7: II. Minuetto e Trio
[02:42] 10. Claudia Bracco - Trio No. 1, Op. 7: III. Andante
[02:47] 11. Claudia Bracco - Trio No. 1, Op. 7: IV. Allegro Moderato
[04:58] 12. Claudia Bracco - Trio No. 2, Op. 7: I. Allegro non Troppo
[03:54] 13. Claudia Bracco - Trio No. 2, Op. 7: II. Adagio Cantabile
[03:10] 14. Claudia Bracco - Trio No. 2, Op. 7: III. Minuetto e Trio
[05:46] 15. Claudia Bracco - Trio No. 2, Op. 7: IV. Allegro non Troppo