Composer: Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Arthur Bliss, Gerald Finzi, Edward German, William Yeates Hurlstone, William Southcomb Lloyd Webber, Paul Patterson, Edwin Roxburgh
Performer: John Bradbury, James Cryer
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8570539
Release: 2008
Size: 273 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. German: Romance No. 1 (version for clarinet and piano)
Bax: Clarinet Sonata
02. I. Molto moderato
03. II. Allegro vivace
Roxburgh: Wordsworth Miniatures
04. No. 1. Calm is the fragrant air
05. No. 2. Water on a starry night
06. No. 3. Thoughts that often lie too deep for tears
07. No. 4. The cataracts blow their trumpets
Finzi: Five Bagatelles for clarinet & piano, Op. 23
08. No. 1. Prelude
09. No. 2. Romance
10. No. 3. Carol
11. No. 4. Forlana
12. No. 5. Fughetta
Hurlstone: 4 Characteristic Pieces
13. No. 1. Ballade: Moderato a piacere
14. No. 2. Croon Song: Andantino
15. No. 3. Intermezzo: Moderato grazioso – Allegro – Moderato grazioso
16. No. 4. Scherzo: Vivace, ma non troppo
17. Patterson: Soliloquy, Op. 79
18. Lloyd Webber: On Frensham Pond
19. Lloyd Webber: Air and Variations
20. Bliss: Pastoral for Clarinet and Piano
The clarinet is the most versatile of all wind instruments, able to express warmth, brilliance, passion and elegy. All facets of the clarinet are represented here, unified by the English school. John Bradbury is the principal clarinet with the BBC Philharmonic. Lloyd Webber and Edward German give us enchanting melody, Hurlstone uses drama and song whereas Bliss writes a lament. Bax and Finzi deliver masterworks, now essential clarinet repertoire, and Patterson and Roxburgh add fire and fantasy to this collection.