1 2 3 11 Barnaby Robson, Fiona Harris, Simon Chamberlain, Rebecca Chambers

• Steve Reich (b. 1936): New York Counterpoint (Version for Amplified Clarinet & Tape):
• 1Reich: New York Counterpoint (Version for Amplified Clarinet & Tape): I. Fast05:00
• 2Reich: New York Counterpoint (Version for Amplified Clarinet & Tape): II. Slow02:40
• 3Reich: New York Counterpoint (Version for Amplified Clarinet & Tape): III. Fast03:36
• Herbert Howells (1892 - 1983): Clarinet Sonata:
• 4Howells: Clarinet Sonata: I. Con moto, dolce e con tenerezza (1946 Version)11:16
• 5Howells: Clarinet Sonata: II. Allegro, ritmico, con brio (1946 Version)06:44
• 6Howells: Clarinet Sonata: II. Allegro, ritmico, con brio (Extended Version)11:12
• George Fenton (b. 1949):
• 7Fenton: The Snow Leopard (From "Planet Earth") [Arr. B. Robson for Clarinet, Viola & Piano]04:14
• Graham Fitkin (b. 1963):
• 8Fitkin: Cusp for Solo Clarinet04:58
• Roderick Williams (b. 1965):
• 9Williams: Red Herring Blues03:39
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): Sonata for 2 Clarinets, FP 7a:
• 10Poulenc: Sonata for 2 Clarinets, FP 7a: I. Presto01:41
• 11Poulenc: Sonata for 2 Clarinets, FP 7a: II. Andante02:23
• 12Poulenc: Sonata for 2 Clarinets, FP 7a: III. Vif02:00
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918):
• 13Debussy: Première rhapsodie, L. 11608:26
• Total Runtime01:07:49

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Clarinetist Barnaby Robson performs a rich program of 20th-century and contemporary music for clarinet and piano, including world-premiere recordings. The release opens with Barnaby Robson’s collaboration with BAFTA-winning sound designer Martin Cantwell: a recording of Steve Reich’s intricate New York Counterpoint, which involves eight pre-recorded clarinet lines (the forces of which are referenced in the album’s title.) Herbert Howells is celebrated for his choral music but his instrumental works are less famous; with pianist Fiona Harris, Robson performs the 1946 version of Howells’s Clarinet Sonata, never recorded before. Three further world-premiere recordings follow: Robson’s arrangement for clarinet, viola and piano of George Fenton’s Snow Leopard – music originally composed for the BBC’s Planet Earth – for which Robson is joined by Simon Chamberlain and Rebecca Chambers; Graham Fitkin’s mercurial Cusp for solo clarinet; and the witty Red Herring Blues for clarinet and piano by baritone-composer Roderick Williams. The recording is rounded off with two 20th-century French works: Poulenc’s Sonata for two clarinets (Robson has recorded both parts) and Debussy’s dazzling Première Rhapsodie for clarinet and piano.

Barnaby Robson, clarinet
Fiona Harris, piano
Simon Chamberlain, piano
Rebecca Chambers, viola

Barnaby Robson
Having studied clarinet, early clarinet and recorders at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, Barnaby went on to study as a Fulbright Scholar at the Julliard School in New York. Here, he won the School’s Concerto Prize, performing Copland’s Clarinet Concerto in a series of concerts at the Lincoln Centre.

Barnaby performed as principal clarinet of the Philharmonia Orchestra from 1998-2013 (appointed 2000). With this world-class orchestra he played for conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Sir Charles Mackerras and Riccardo Muti. His playing can be heard on numerous Philharmonia CDs, broadcasts and film scores. In April 2014, Barnaby joined English National Opera Orchestra as principal clarinet.

Barnaby has a wealth of experience as a chamber musician and is a founder member of the Zanfonia Trio, performing much of the existing clarinet, violin and piano repertoire and commissioning new works.

Additionally, he performs regularly with London Winds, Belcea Quartet, Thomas Adès, Conchord Ensemble, Artur Pizarro, Endymion Ensemble and the Philharmonia Orchestra Soloists. Barnaby has recorded chamber repertoire for ASV, BBC and EMI, and broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM.

He has performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto on both original and modern bassett-clarinet and has recorded Vivaldi wind concerti on period instruments with the Academy of Ancient Music. With the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, he recorded and performed Mozart’s Serenade in B flat ‘Thirteen Wind' for the BBC.

He is professor of modern and early clarinet at the RCM and has given masterclasses at all of the UK's leading conservatories and in Switzerland, Iceland, Singapore and Australia.

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