Robin White, the conductor and arranger, trained at Imperial College and the Royal College of Music in London, studying conducting with Vernon Handley and orchestration with Bryan Kelly.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Unlike the Russian nationalist composers, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's music is described as mainstream European, universal, and intensely melodic.
Composer Biography
Modest Mussorgsky, one of 'The Five' Russian nationalist composers, had his life shortened by alcoholism and left his comic opera Fair at Sorochinski unfinished.
Performer Biography
Ian Scott, the clarinetist on this album, is the principal clarinet of the Royal Ballet Sinfonia and has previously held the same post with the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon.
Compositional Technique
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Clarinet Concerto, originally titled Konzertstück in E flat, is scored with military-band accompaniment because he began his career as a naval officer and later inspected naval bands.
Recording & Production
Due to Covid-19 pandemic regulations, the orchestra personnel had to be placed further apart than usual, requiring additional microphone placements during recording.
Recording & Production
This recording features premiere orchestral versions of Rimsky-Korsakov's Clarinet Concerto and Robin White's Russian Suite.
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