Crystal Records — CD332

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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 ORDER 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.
“In Smith’s and Martino’s 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, 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 is presently a member of Midsummer’s music, a chamber ensemble performing in Door County, Wisconsin each summer.

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