Carter, Ichiyanagi, Drouet & Solbiati: Contemporary Works for Timpani / Benoît Cambreling & Yi-Ping Yang

With a bold agenda in mind, this programme, developed by Benoît Cambreling—the renowned solo timpanist of the Orchestre National de Lyon—marks the beginning of Innovation, a new recording collection on the Artalinna label. New works of the late 20th and early 21st centuries are combined with classics of the last century such as Elliot Carter’s Eight Pieces for Four Timpani (1950/1966), a genuine cornerstone among the timpani repertoire, that had an impact on other composers within this programme: from Toshi Ichiyanagi (Japan) to Alessandro Solbiati (Italy) by way of Jean-Pierre Drouet (France).