Klarinet Archive - Posting 000748.txt from 2003/05

From: "Lars Haglund" <Lars.Haglund@-----.se>
Subj: SV: [kl] FREE CD
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 04:19:25 -0400

Why not! Will be interesting to listen to.

Lars Haglund
=C4lvrosgatan 1 b
654 61 Karlstad
Sweden

Lars Haglund
Centrum f=F6r tj=E4nsteforskning
Karlstads universitet
651 88 Karlstad
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Skickat: den 29 maj 2003 09:47
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=C4mne: [kl] FREE CD

Dear List members,=20

I am again offering a free CD for those who are interested.
It is a collection of some of our favourite repertoire.

Why am I offering it for free?
A form of marketing, getting my name known.

Are there any catches?
No, I or my PA will send you a CD for free.

If you are embarassed to get a free CD, you can get one from Gary Van
Cott,=20
for which he will charge you a modest fee at http//www.vcisinc.com

CD. Son e Lumiere.
Claude Debussy Premiere Rhapsodie
Andrey Messager Solo de Concours
Francis Poulenc Sonata
Camille Saint-Saens - Sonata Op 167
Igor Stravinsky - Three pieces=20
Wilfred Josephs - Clarinet Sonata No.2
Alamiro Giampieri - Il Carnevale di Venezia
Rimsky Korsakov - The flight of the Bumble Bee

Just send me an email and I will send you a CD.

Below are some of the reviews from the International Press. Review of
Son et Lumiere June 2002 issue of "The Clarinet". ICA International
Clarinettists Association Released in 1996, Son et lumiere features an
excellent first recording of Wilfred Joseph's attractive Sonata No. 2
for clarinet and piano, and concludes with two virtuosic showpeices.
Brittish clarinetist Martin Powell, born in London in 1962, won a
scholarship at the age of 16 to study with Georgina Dobree. From 1981-85
he continued his study with Dobree at the Royal Academy of Music, where
he won the Geoffrey Hawkes Prize, the John Solomon Wind Soloist Prize,
and placed both first and second in the Nicholas Blake Ensemble Prize.
He was also awarded the Leslie Martin Scholarship and a major award from
the Ian Fleming Trust. His other teachers have included: Bill Ducker,
Richard Addison, Guy Deplus, Thea King and David Campbell. A runnerup in
the International Clarinet Congress Competition, Powell has performed in
Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Spain. He appeared as soloist with
the New English Orchestra performing Mozart's Concerto in Salzburg,
Seining and London, and in 1999 he was a finalist in the Haverhill
Sinfonia Soloist Competition. Pianist Stephen Robbins studied with
Hamish Milne and Alexander Kelly at the Royal Academy of Music. He holds
a M. Mus. degree from the University of Surrey. The opening selection is
a technically polished perormance of Claude Debussy's Premiere Rapsodie.
Powell plays with a well focused sound throughout the instrument's
range, adding just a hint of vibrato at times. Andre Messager's Solo de
concours, written for the Paris Conservatory's 1899=20
competition, is one of the more frequently performed
pieces of this genre. Much of this performance emphasizes technical
brilliance. The "andante" is beautifully played with a nice sense of
rubato. The cadenza is performed with exuberance, and the final "allegro
vovo" flies. Both Poulenc's Sonata (1962) and Saint-Saens' Sonata (1921)
are given solid performances by clarinetist and pianist alike. Powell
plays with fine control and lyricism in the slow movements and
remarkable technical facility in the fast movements. Igor Stravinsky's
Three Pieces (1919) are given convincing performances, although the
brilliant final piece loses much of its rhythmic drive and vigor because
of the excessively fast tempo. The appearance of an inexplicable piano
chord at the end of the first line of the second piece is certainly an
error in editing the CD. Wilfred Joseph's compelling Sonata No. 2 was
composed in 1988 for Martin Powell, who gave its first performance with
pianist Stephen Robbings at the Harrogate International Festival in
1990. Josephs' Sonata No. 1, Op. 148, composed only a few weeks before
this work, was also dedicated to Powell. The works of Josephs (born
Newcastle, England, 1927; died 1997) include 12 symphonies, 22
concertos, overtures, chamber music, operas, ballets, vocal works, and
more than 200 scores for television and film. his Sonata No. 2
(publishedby Lengnick in 1990) for clarinet in A is approximately 12
minutes in length. Powell and Robbings fully capture the charm of this
appealing work in this recording. Together they bring out the lyric
beauty the opening "moderato" with its broad flowing lines, the rhythmic
inventiveness of the delightful "intermezzo," and the rhythmic drive of
the concluding "vivo leggiero." Martin Powell's playing is at its best
in this work. His tone is resonant and well focused, the rhythm precise,
and his high register playing is excellent. The work is characterized by
long phrases, perpetual motion effects, and a scarcity of rests all
handled expertly by Powell. Powell exhibits a fine sense of hubato and
virtuostic technical ability in Giampieri's brilliant Il Carnevale di
Venezia. The concluding work, The Fight of the Bumble Bee, Transcribed
by H.Wl Davis, is played at breakneck speed and displays Powell's
remarkable technical facility. While the recorded sound is somewhat
bright,the instruments are nicely balanced and the overall quality is
good. Program notes are included. Martin Powell is a remarkable
clarinetist and I recommend this recording.

Review in the Australian Clarinet and Saxophone, Volume 5 , Number 1
March=20
2002
Son et Lumiere
Music Concertante MCCD1
Martin Powell - Clarinet
Stephen Robbings- Piano

The literal translation of this disc's title, Son et Lumiere, is sound
and=20
light. Martin Powell set out to break the barriers of both when he
considered=20
tempos for the recording. This is not to say that his metronome is
permanently=20
calibrated 10 notches above the rest of the world, for he is very good
at=20
sustaining interest and line at a slower pace, but he is not reserved
when it comes=20
to unleashing his formidable technique through liquidity of tonque and=20
fingers. He is an artist of extremes, often striving toward the limits
of dynamic=20
range, tempo ( both slow and fast) and at one or two places, towards
extremes of=20
good taste - if such a thing can indeed be measured. For all these
reasons I=20
have grown to enjoy this disc, honouring it with repeated listening. The
repertoire is a satisfying and mostly familiar compilation, including
the=20
Sonatas of Poulenc and Saint-Saens, the Premiere Rhapsodie and Solo de=20
Concours from Debussy and Messager, Stravinsky's Three Pieces and the
inherently=20
flamboyant Il Carnevale di Venezia of Giampieri. Concluding the
recording is=20
Rimsky-Korsakoff's Flight of the Bumble Bee. A special treat on this
disc is the=20
inclusion of Wilfred Joseph's Calrinet Sonata No 2 Op. 149. Josephs'
first=20
sonata was written for Martin Powell in 1988. Like Brahms, Josephs loved
the sound=20
of the clarinet so much that he began work on a second sonata
immediately.=20
Sonata No.2 was prepiered in 1990. The first movement is beautifully
enigmatic=20
with exquisite lyrical lines that interrupt a recurring darkness. The
interplay=20
between Powell and pianist Robbings is excellent. Powell displays some=20
delicate articulation in the buoyant and playful second movement and
movement three=20
is infectious and charming.
There is on intriguing addition to the performance of Stravinsky's Three

Pieces for clarinet solo. Early in the second piece is a random and
oddly placed=20
piano chork which had me on the reverse button a number of times. A
devilish=20
image comes to mind of someone accidentally leaning on the keyboard
during=20
Powell's best take. Not for a second should this oddity overshadow
Powell's=20
playing, which is brimming with skill and character, a statement that
could be made=20
about his performance in general. He exhibits sensitive softer playing
in the=20
Debussy, Poulenc, Saint-Saiens and particularly the Josephs. At the
other end,=20
a strident tone was sometimes the result of pusing for mazimum contrast.
This=20
desire to push for extremes is exactly why this disc is appealing. The=20
communication between the performers is evident even without visual
confirmation and=20
the inclusion of the wonderful sonata by Wilfred Josephs is reason
enough to=20
purchase this fine recording. - Neil McGregor

in Winter 1998 CASS, by Gordon Lewin.=20
Here`s the text:-=20
A CD of familiar fare played with brio and confidence by MP, possessed
of an=20
enviable technique and a nimble tongue. The Debussy receives virtuoso=20
treatment, with it`s lyric poetry well contrasted with the Gallic
scamperings of the=20
Solo de Concours. The tone is warm and expressive, tho` sounding a
trifle=20
forced in fortissimo - (recording balance?). Poulenc and Saint Saens are
played=20
with panache and great assurance, and full opportunity is taken to
explore the=20
more virtuosic passages. Legato sections come over with a pleasing
freedom of=20
phrasing, as does the first of the Stravinsky Three pieces. From this
point on=20
it is flamboyance all the way. W. Josephs` Sonata, one of the most
individually=20
melodic and rhythmic works to appear in the clarinet lists of works in
recent=20
years, is interpreted in glittering style. The CD ends with impressively

virtuosic performances of Caneval of Venezia, and Flight of B. Bee.
These two=20
technically demanding classics positively bubble with exuberance held
under fine=20
control. A CD of stature from a fine exponent of the instrument.=20
G.L.

Regards
Martin Powell

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