Finzi - Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31
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Finzi: Clarinet Concerto & Cello Concerto
RecommendedJohn Denman (clarinet), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
The Cello Concerto was in many ways the composer's swansong… The beautifully slow movement is deeply searching and draws on an Elgarian quality, a poignant nobility. Yo-Yo Ma's wistfully introspective... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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British Music Collection - Gerald Finzi
RecommendedAndrew Marriner (clarinet), Piers Lane (piano)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English Chamber Orchestra, Neville Marriner, Nicholas Daniel
Andrew Marriner is a flexible interpreter who brings out both the light and the shade in this work. The Eclogue, here played by a sensitive Piers Lane, is the wistfully pastoral middle movement... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
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Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Five Bagatelles & other works
RecommendedRobert Plane (clarinet) & Lesley Hatfield (violin)
Northern Sinfonia, Howard Griffiths
This is a highly commanding performance of Finzi's gorgeous Clarinet Concerto from Northern Sinfonia principal, Robert Plane. With his bright, singing tone and effortless technical mastery,... — More…
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Building a Library, December 2006, Budget Choice
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 & Finzi: Clarinet Concerto
Michael Collins (clarinet), Philharmonia Orchestra
[The Symphony is] beautifully played but not quite faithful even to the letter of Vaughan Williams’s score…Altogether, this superb performance [of the Concerto] will surely persuade those listeners... — More…
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a superb showcase for Michael Collins's talents...I doubt if I've ever hear a finer version of Finzi's 1949 Concerto. The rapt, elegiac intensity of the performance of this works' slow movement,... — More…
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Several other Finzi issues available include the Clarinet Concerto. Alan Hacker, however, encompasses all his colleagues' virtues, providing special insights and revelling in the brilliant writing.... — More…
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Finzi: Concerto for Clarinet
D. Ray McClellan (clarinet), David Zerkel (tuba), Anatoly Sheludyakov (piano), Kevin Burk (percussion), Levon Ambartsumian (violin)
Daniel Kaplunas, Vladislav Bulakhov
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The young British clarinettist Sarah Williamson, making her debut on disc, finds appropriate colours for both [works], and makes light of their technical demands...David Curtis's Midlands-based... — More…
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Finzi: Clarinet Concerto
Emma Johnson (clarinet), Piers Lane (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves, Sir Neville Marriner, Nicholas Daniel
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