Chamber Music Vol. 2

Artista: Stamp / Barcelona Clarinet Players

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: TCCT

Catalogo: 725

Faixas: 1.3 Fragments~Chrestomathy
1.9 Love’s Philosophy: Song-Cycle for Soprano and Clarinet Quartet~II. Love’s Philosophy
1.14 Concert Piece for Clarinet Quartet and Piano~I. Conversation and Dance

The American composer John Stamp (b. 1954) – universally known as ‘Jack’ – is a familiar figure in the worlds of the symphonic wind-band movement that flourishes in US universities and of the brass band on both sides of the Atlantic. When the Barcelona Clarinet Players asked him for a new work, and then proposed this album, he had to create the repertoire from scratch. The range of moods he has generated here is surprisingly wide, from gentle night-music that caresses the ear, via jaunty fugal textures and buoyant counterpoint, to catchy dance-rhythms that set the foot tapping.