Robert Aldridge's Clarinet Concerto was inspired by and written for David Singer, combining elements of classical music, folk, jazz, and klezmer.
Composition History
Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto was commissioned by jazz legend Benny Goodman and premiered by him with Fritz Reiner and the NBC Symphony Orchestra in 1950.
Compositional Technique
Copland's Clarinet Concerto has a novel structure, consisting of two continuous movements linked by an extended clarinet cadenza.
Recording & Production
The track "Samba" by Robert Aldridge was recorded in a church in Montclair, New Jersey, to make the clarinet and string quartet instrumentation sound like a Latin big-band.
Performer Biography
David Singer, the clarinetist on this album, is a principal clarinetist of the Grammy-Award-winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and has performed with Rudolf Serkin and Yehudi Menuhin.
Performer Biography
A Far Cry is a self-conducted chamber orchestra from Boston that experiments with how music is prepared, performed, and experienced, and operates with rotating leadership.
Performer Biography
The Shanghai Quartet, featured on this recording, is known for its passionate musicality, virtuosic technique, and multicultural innovations, blending Eastern and Western sounds.
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