Exquisite chamber music from Basel

The duo Elisa Urrestarazu (saxophone) and Cornelia Lenzin (piano) performed the program of this recording in autumn 2021 in the concert series "Basel komponiert" at Museum Klingental. Lenzin has a long-standing collaboration with the recently deceased composer Jost Meier as well as with Balz Trümpy and Marcelo Nisinman. For Meier's 80th birthday in 2019, she organized a concert with chamber music by the composer. Meier then wrote the following for Lenzin and Urrestarazu Sonata (2020) for alto saxophone and piano, a piece that is well worth listening to. It opens this CD. It is followed by Meier's short, dense 4 Images for piano solo (2009) as first recordings. Balz Trümpy wrote for Elisa Urrestarazu his Introduction and Ariaoriginally for clarinet (2002-03), for alto saxophone. The interpreter shows her class to full advantage. Trümpy's dreamlike Song for soprano saxophone and piano (2020) is on. Even in Jacques Wildberger's challenging 4 Pezzi per Pianoforte (1950) and the Prismes for alto saxophone solo (1975), the musicians present themselves with aplomb. As a counterpoint, the duo was joined by Marcelo Nisinman Samuel the Wise for soprano saxophone and piano - a fun-filled listening experience.

Basel composed. Music for saxophone and piano 1951-2021. Jost Meier, Balz Trümpy, Jacques Wildberger, Marcelo Nisinman. Elisa Urrestarazu, saxophone; Cornelia Lenzin, piano. Pianoversal PV115