Premieres for Clarinet

Andew P. MacDonald (Composer), Shulamit Ran (Composer), Chin-Chin Chen (Composer), Augusta Read Thomas (Composer), Bruce Stuart Saylor (Composer), Pieter Snapper (Composer), Arthur Campbell (Performer), Helen Marlais (Performer), Dmitri Novgorodsky (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Arthur Campbell, Helen Marlais, Dmitri Novgorodsky
• Composer: Andew P. MacDonald, Shulamit Ran, Chin-Chin Chen, Augusta Read Thomas, Bruce Stuart Saylor, et al.
• Audio CD (March 27, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gasparo
• ASIN: B00005AKBH
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #677,661 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Prophecy from 47 Ursae Majoris, for clarinet & piano, Op. 52

2. Scenes (3) for solo clarinet: Bold and Dramatic

3. Scenes (3) for solo clarinet: Chamelion

4. Scenes (3) for solo clarinet: [Entr'acte] & Song

5. Turning Point, for clarinet & tape

6. From Icarus With GustO, for solo clarinet

7. Cantos from The Inferno, for clarinet & piano

8. The madeleine in the mercury, for clarinet with electronic processing

9. The madeleine in the mercury, for clarinet with electronic processing: Solo clarinet version - Arthur Campbell

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Album!, July 17, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Premieres for Clarinet (Audio CD)

Arthur Campbell's first solo CD combines stunning technique and gorgeous tone with compelling new compositions.

All of the selections, which were expressly written for Campbell by highly acclaimed composers (Augusta Read Thomas, Shulamit Ran, and others) not only give the listener a challenge of the mind, but are pleasing to the ear as well.

"Cantos from the Inferno" by Bruce Saylor is a finely crafted piece. It not only succeeds as an interesting contemporary work, but could hold its own in a program alongside Brahms or other masterworks for the clarinet.

Campbell, who apparently moved from Canada to the U.S. for study at Northwestern to study with the world class teacher Robert Marcellus, gives a spectacular performance, displaying both impressive technical prowess and warm, rich, full tone. He gives all the compositions on the CD an excellent treatment, which is to be expected where all the pieces were written for him directly.

All in all this CD is a great addition to any clarinetists library, and for any classical music lover's collection as well.