Alexander Fiterstein, English Chamber Orchestra & Chris Hopkins - A Clarinet in America (2021)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 196 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 131 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:56:42
Classical | Label: Orchid Classics
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 196 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 131 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:56:42
Classical | Label: Orchid Classics
The clarinet has long been embraced by American composers for its jauntiness and jazzy flexibility (think of that slide opening Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue), qualities heard in abundance on this album. We hear Leonard Bernstein's Cuban-influenced Sonata, and the Sonatina by Budapest-born Miklós Rózsa, who made his name as a Hollywood movie composer. These pieces are bookended by two Aaron Copland works, his Concerto, for American jazz clarinettist and King of Swing, Benny Goodman, and his Sonata. Fiterstein's playing with the Tesla Quartet was praised by The Arts Desk as impressive and heart-stopping. The Washington Post described his playing as dazzling in its spectrum of colours, agility, and range. Every sound he makes is finely measured without inhibiting expressiveness and The New York Times described him as a clarinettist with a warm tone and powerful technique.