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Vivaldi - Martin Fröst (clarinet): CD

This review was published on: 26 Jun 2020

VIVALDIMartin Fröst (clarinet)Concerto KölnSony Classical ‘What might Vivaldi have compo [ ... ]

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CD review: Bird at 100: CD

This review was published on: 29 May 2020

Bobby Watson, Vincent Herring and Gary Bartz (alto saxophones)Smoke Sessions Records This 72-minute CD was recorded live at the Smoke Jazz Club NYC, between 30 August and 1 Sept 2019, [ ... ]

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CD review: Wind Blown: CD

This review was published on: 27 Apr 2020

Sonatas for wind instruments by Peter Hope, Thomas Verity (clarinet) plus Frank Forst, Harvey Davies, Janet Simpson, John Turner, Richard Simpson, Simon Passmore and Yukiko Sano [ ... ]

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In the Middle of Things: CD

This review was published on: 27 Feb 2020

Chamber music by Michael Zev GordonJulian Bliss, clarinetFidelio Trio (violin, cello, piano)Resonus Juli [ ... ]

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Bowie, Berlin & Beyond: Delta Saxophone Quartet: CD

This review was published on: 1 Feb 2020

BOWIE, BERLIN & BEYONDDelta Saxophone QuartetFMR Records This album is cool. Seriously cool. My initial scepticism over how badly pop songs can tran [ ... ]

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The Roaring Whirl: CD

This review was published on: 1 Jan 2020

THE ROARING WHIRLMusic by Sarah RodgersGeraldine Allen (clarinet)Metier/Divine Art Recordings This CD represents a triumph. It was recorded in 1992 but rel [ ... ]

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Tableaux de Provence: CD

This review was published on: 2 Dec 2019

This attractive collection of works is the first saxophone and piano recording by Dominic Childs and Simon Callaghan. All of the works on the recording are French and are all either written by or i [ ... ]

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Apollo Artvark: Two Saxophone Quartets Collide and Merge: CD

This review was published on: 28 Sep 2019

Apollo Artvark: Two Saxophone Quartets Collide and MergeApollo and Artvark Saxophone QuartetsOink Records It is hugely inspiring to see one of the country’s leading chamber [ ... ]

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Narrow Escape - Harmony Less Quartet: CD

This review was published on: 27 Aug 2019

NARROW ESCAPEHarmony Less Quartet with Tommaso Starace and Dave O’Higgins (saxophones)Music Center In every respect this [ ... ]

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Blue Hour – Weber, Brahms and Mendelssohn: CD

This review was published on: 27 Jul 2019

Andreas Ottensamer (clarinet) Yuja Wang (piano)Berlin Philharmonic OrchestraMariss Jansons (conductor)Deutche Grammophon This new releas [ ... ]

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It's Clazzical: CD

This review was published on: 29 Jun 2019

Julian Marc Stringle (clarinet)Merfangle Music Alerted by both its title and content, this album posed a minor problem for your reviewing team. A combination of classical themes embell [ ... ]

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Katherine Lacy plays Mozart: CD

This review was published on: 27 Apr 2019

Katherine Lacy (clarinet)Duncan Riddell (director)Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Chamber Soloists This new recording of Mozart’s Clarinet Conce [ ... ]

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Short stories - Fabled: CD

This review was published on: 27 Feb 2019

Fabled is a quintet led by saxophonist, clarinettist and composer Sam Rapley. This CD follows the earlier success of an EP eponymously entitled Fabled. I found Short Stories to be one of the most i [ ... ]

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Fantasy Studies: Petra Stump-Linshalm: CD

This review was published on: 27 Jan 2019

Fantasy Studies, by the Austrian clarinettist Petra Stump-Linshalm, is an album of new music for winds and cello, with the clarinet family as focal point. Stump-Linshalm is an established performer [ ... ]

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Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album: CD

This review was published on: 1 Dec 2018

On 7 June 2018 the New York Times announced it, and on 22 June the (UK) Times did the same. They both carried illustrated leading articles in their arts sections publicising the release of this CD [ ... ]

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Saxophila: CD

This review was published on: 3 Oct 2018

Want to listen to a few old classics, nicely arranged for sax quartet, safe in the knowledge that you’ll come awayhumming the tune? Well this definitely is not the disc for you! This is [ ... ]

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Clarinet Fantasies: Nadia Wilson and Martin Butler: CD

This review was published on: 27 Aug 2018

It was from a wish to record a piece by Martin Butler, composed several decades ago when the composer was just 17, that the idea for the CD was formed. Barlow Dale: Four Characteristic Pieces is a [ ... ]

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Portraits : McGill/McHale Trio: CD

This review was published on: 20 Jun 2018

Anthony McGill may already be known to some readers as principal clarinet of the New York Philharmonic. He is joined by his brother, flautist Demarre McGill, principal of Seattle Symphony Orchestra [ ... ]

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Utópico - Quatuor Yendo: CD

This review was published on: 1 Jun 2018

Utópico means utopian, which means someone who aspires to a state of Utopia, which means a place where everything is perfect… Enough definitions. I felt like I was in Utopia listening [ ... ]

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A Touch of Britain - Anna Hashimoto: CD

This review was published on: 31 Mar 2018

Opening this disc made me smile. Hashimoto clearly had an influence over the cheery cover design, which includes numerous stereotypical British images from a corgi to a cup of tea and even a Union [ ... ]

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Ruby & All Things Purple - Andy Scott and Group S: CD

This review was published on: 4 Mar 2018

Andy Scott and Group SBasho Records How about an economical 17-word review? ‘Master saxophonist writes for 10 great saxophonists to play for an [ ... ]

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Compassion - The music of John Coltrane: CD

This review was published on: 3 Feb 2018

This 53-minute CD, having been recorded in 2007 in New York City by two masterful tenor technicians and ‘Trane acolytes, was only released in 2017 as a tribute to Coltrane’s relevance 5 [ ... ]

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Marici Saxes - Light: CD

This review was published on: 18 Dec 2017

Stylish, sleek, sophisticated… and that’s just the album cover. With a photo shoot that wouldn’t be out of place on the cover of Vogue, Marici Saxes’ debut CD, Light, featu [ ... ]

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Bernhard Crusell: Three quartets for clarinet and strings: CD

This review was published on: 16 Sep 2017

Erich Hoeprich and members of the London Haydn Quartet Glossa Crusell’s three quartets for clarinet and strings were written ove [ ... ]

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French clarinet exports - Béatrice Berne and Jean-Marc Fessard: CD

This review was published on: 12 Mar 2017

I cheer up every time a Clarinet & Saxophone Classics puts out a new release. The label’s output is unashamedly specialised, and it’s reassuring that such niche pursuits are still g [ ... ]

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Flying Solo - Janet Hilton (clarinet): CD

This review was published on: 10 Dec 2016

This new recording by Janet Hilton is truly a marathon of unaccompanied clarinet performance. The latest release from the Clarinet & Saxophone Classics label, it’s an epic collection of w [ ... ]

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British Clarinet Concertos Volume 2: CD

This review was published on: 13 Sep 2016

I’ve read a couple of reviews of this disc that start with remarks along the lines of ‘who knew there were enough British clarinet concertos to fill one volume, let alone two?’ We [ ... ]

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John Adams Saxophone Concerto: Compact Disc

This review was published on: 9 Jul 2016

Mozart had Anton Stadler as inspiration for his major clarinet works, and John Adams it seems has saxophonist Timothy McAllister, for whom he has recently written a major concerto. This is big news [ ... ]

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Catch Me if you Can by Amy Dickson: Sony Classical

This review was published on: 31 Jan 2015

Amy Dickson – saxophone Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Benjamin Northey – conductor Sony Classical 8843027202Review by William Upton [ ... ]

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Barbara Thompson’s Paraphernalia Live ‘05: Theaterhaus Stuttgart, 15th November 2005

This review was published on: 31 Jan 2015

Barbara Thompson Paraphernalia Live ’05 (DVD)TMDVD0611 [ ... ]

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Seductive Sax: Joe Leader, www.joeleader.com £7.49

This review was published on: 17 Dec 2013

This CD, recorded live at The Pheasantry Jazz Club in London last year, is an un-ashamedly “pop” production featuring Joe with a support group (electric guitar, electric bass, a battery [ ... ]

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Anton Reicha, Woodwind Quintets Volume 1: opus 88. nos. 1&2 : Westwood Wind Quintet, Crystal Records CD261

This review was published on: 17 Dec 2013

If you already have the preceding eleven CD’s of the Westwood Quintet’s complete Reicha set, you will probably want this one, which features the first two of his 24 compositions for thi [ ... ]

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Clarinet Concertos by Gottfried Hendrik Mann: Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester, Hermann Bäumer, CPO 777 620-2, £12.75

This review was published on: 22 Nov 2013

Clarinet concerto op 90. Violin concerto op 101. Festpräludium op 95. Troisième suite op 98. Sebastian Manz (clarinet) Akiko Yamada (violin) The late 19th century wa [ ... ]

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Four Views: Hainault Records HNT0014 price not quoted

This review was published on: 22 Nov 2013

Mick Foster (baritone/C-melody sax), Dominic Ashworth (guitars), Tom Farmer (double bass) and Tristan Mailliot (drums)This is the third CD Mick has released through Hainault Records and is av [ ... ]

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Gameshow: Saxophone Concertos

This review was published on: 22 Nov 2013

Sospiro Records, SOSRB1000112, £11.75Rob Buckland with the RNCM Wind OrchestraConducted by Mark Heron and Clark Rundell with special guest John Harle Review by Ken Morri [ ... ]

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Dusk and Dawn by Amy Dickson: Sony

This review was published on: 22 Nov 2013

Sony Music Classical, £11.50Amy Dickson (soprano and alto saxophone)Review by Ken Morris I have to say that this new release from the Australian born/London R [ ... ]

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