BACH, BERIO, BOULEZ
Music for Solo Clarinet
"Švejkar truly masters his clarinet. He plays cleanly, with precise intonation, a diverse range of colors, and an unusually wide dynamic range, from almost inaudible pianissimos to resounding fortissimos. He knows how to dramatically punctuate each phrase, while placing individual sections into logical contexts."
Vojtěch Mojžíš, Klasika Plus
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"His admiration for France is also evident in the recording, on which he gives a fabulous performance of Camille Saint-Saëns' Clarinet Sonata, which is little known in our country. [...] His [Flosman's] Zbojnická sonatina is attractive and provides a melodic foundation that many of today's composers would envy. Mr. Švejkar plays it with sympathetic empathy. [...] Marek Švejkar has remarkable tonal abilities, a feel for style, and truly extraordinary technique, which was confirmed for me by the arrangement of Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25. [...] Lenka Korecká strikes me as a very good pianist from the digital recording. If Mr. Švejkar is the face of Vandoren, I assume that the delightful timbre of the clarinet belonged to this Parisian instrument maker."
Luboš Stehlík, Časopis Polyharmonie
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"The remainder of the programme suffers less from this mismatch between means and expression. Stravinsky’s brief Cat’s Cradle Songs, or Cat Lullabies if you prefer Arco Diva’s translation, are for mezzo and three clarinets. These epigrammatic affairs are delightfully done, the whooping clarinet close of the Tom-Cat song adroitly achieved here."
Jonathan Woolf, Music Web
Listen to other recordings featuring Marek.
Boulez's Domaines pour clarinette seule
Švejkar/Farana play Rigoletto Fantasy by Verdi/Bassi
Švejkar/Farana play Brahms's Clarinet Sonata No.2 Op.120
Oláh's Sonata for solo clarinet
Švejkar/Korecká play Schulhoff's Hot-Sonate
Boulez's Domaines
Švejkar/Farana play Gaubert's Fantaisie
Recital medallion - Švejkar/Korecká in Flosman/Fauré/Skoumal/Prokofiev
Recital medallion - Švejkar/Korecká from the South Bohemian Phil
Medallion from the Cairo Opera House/Czech EU Presidency
Marek Švejkar in video medaillon 25.3.2022
Selanka Op.16 by Z. Fibich