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CD332: Clarinet
Candescence. Melvin Warner, Clarinet. With Diane Ragains, Soprano; Allan Dameron, Piano; Sylvia Reynolds, Piano; Peter Middleton,
Flute; Jerry Horner, Viola. Carl Maria von Weber, Fantasia and Rondo
and Grand Duo Concertant; Igor Stravinsky, Three
Songs from William Shakespeare; Krzysztof Penderecki, 3 Miniature; Donald
Martino, A Set for Clarinet; Louis Spohr, Six German
Songs; William O. Smith, Five Pieces.
UPC 00941473322-1 BUY NOW
This compact disc features some of the most exciting music ever
composed for the clarinet. Melvin Warner’s original release on LP was
called “a real
find, one of the finest clarinet recordings I have yet to hear.” by
Edward Tatnall Canby writing in Audio Magazine.
҉”Smith and Martino unaccompanied pieces, Warner is
an artist in his element Fluid, stylish, and in complete command of the music’s considerable technical difficulties, including frequent,
large shifts in register.”> Fanfare Magazine, Jan/Feb 2007
Sound samples (uses RealPlayer) Click on the link
to hear up to one minute of the movement shown.
von Weber: Grand Duo Concertant:
Mvmt
1 Mvmt
2 Mvmt
3 Smith: Five Pieces: Vigorous
Flowing
Rhythmic
Singing
Spirited
Spohr: Six German Songs: Sei
still mein Herz
Zwiegesang Sehnsucht
Wiegenlied Das
heimliche Lied Wach auf Martino: A Set for
Clarinet: Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
Stravinsky: Three Songs: Musick to heare
Full
fadom five When
Dasies pied
Penderecki: 3 Miniature: Allegro
Andante
cantabile Allegro
ma non troppo von
Weber: Fantasia and Rondo: Adagio
ma non troppo Allegro
giojoso
Melvin
Warner, Until his death,
Warner was Professor Emeritus of Clarinet and Chamber Music at Northern
Illinois University, was associate principal clarinet with the St. Louis
Symphony and for many years served as guest principal clarinet with the San
Diego Symphony. Currently, he is the principal clarinet of the Chicago
Sinfonietta and has performed frequently with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
He received the B.M. and M.M. degrees from the University of Southern
California and taught at San Diego State University and the University of
California at San Diego. He currently serves on the summer faculty of Idyllwild
Arts.
Warner made his solo debut with the Oakland
Symphony when he was 15. Active as a chamber musician, Warner was a founder of
the Pacific Woodwind Quintet and the Quintetto da Camera, which won first place
in the prestigious Coleman Chamber Auditions. He has also been guest artist
with the Arianna, Shanghai, and Vermeer string quartets. Warner has
participated in summer music festivals such as the Bay Chamber Concerts in
Maine, Mainly Mozart Festival in San Diego, and the Ravinia Festival in
Highland Park, Illinois. He was a member of Midsummer music, a chamber ensemble
performing in Door County, Wisconsin each summer.
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