From Belgium With Love

From Belgium With Love

Dirk Brossé: War Concerto
Jean Louël: Concerto
August Verbesselt: Dubbel Concerto
Jan Van der Roost: Concerto Doppio

Eddy Vanoosthuyse, clarinet
Brussels Philharmonic
Sofia Solists
Dirk Brossé, Wayne Bailey directors

Jean Hippolyte Oscar Louël couldn't have imagined in 1992 that, more than 12 years after writing his Clarinet concerto a CD would become compiled containing three other Clarinet Concertos of Flemish composers. The 4 concertos, all created between 1990-1999, demonstrate the typical style of the 4 composers. These composers have their remarkably own style. Brossé melodiously and recovering, Louël colouring and impressionistic of nature, the dodecaphonic, but always melodic music is typical for Verbesselt and Jan van der Roost with its narrative and colorful style conclude the CD.

The pieces are bound together in an excellently warm, sonorously clarinet performance of Eddy Vanoosthuyse. In particular he lets us experience that the clarinet is a remarkable instrument with many shades and features. These splendid compositions ascertain that this CD sincerely be called “ From Belgium with Love �.