Artist Guide » Classical » Traditional » MICHAEL DAVENPORT, KIMBERLY DAVENPORT: Vienna Prague Moscow Tacoma: Music from the Heart
Father-daughter duo Michael and Kimberly Davenport perform music for bass clarinet and piano by Wolfgang Gabriel, Vaclav Kucera, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. The recent compositions by Gabriel and Kucera are paired with two song transcriptions by Rachmaninoff in this album which is truly "Music from the Heart". From the review in "The Clarinet":
"The father-daughter combination of Michael and Kimberly Davenport seems to have an entrepreneurial spirit in mind when it comes to the bass clarinet; seek out new or undiscovered music, bring it to the public in recording, and then publish it. All of the works on this new CD, with the exception of the Kucera Prague Ritornelles, are available through Alea Publishing. With a clearly defined channel separation of bass clarinet on the left and piano on the right, the recorded ambiance is a nice balance of intimacy and room warmth. Michael's bass clarinet tone is certainly uniform through all the registers, though perhaps not as harmonically rich as we've come to expect from the bass in live recitals. Most of the lyrical playing is delivered with judicious application of vibrato, tastefully done. ... I love the performance and publishing venture tie-ins of Duo Alea, and I think they have done the bass clarinet world an important service by bringing these works to our attention. Thank you!"
--Howard Klug
--The Clarinet, Volume 31, Number 3 (June 2004)
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.bassclarinet.org/duo.html
Track List:
1. Wolfgang Gabriel: Sonatine Op.36 - Andantino
2. Wolfgang Gabriel: Sonatine Op.36 - Adagio
3. Wolfgang Gabriel: Sonatine Op.36 - Allegrissimo
4. Wolfgang Gabriel: Sonata Op.30a - Andante
5. Wolfgang Gabriel: Sonata Op.30a - Allegretto giocoso
6. Wolfgang Gabriel: Sonata Op.30a - mesto
7. Wolfgang Gabriel: Sonata Op.30a - Allegro
8. Wolfgang Gabriel: Sonata Op.72 - Toccata
9. Wolfgang Gabriel: Sonata Op.72 - Andante con Variazioni
10. Wolfgang Gabriel: Sonata Op.72 - Scherzo
11. Wolfgang Gabriel: Sonata Op.72 - Passacaglia
12. Vaclav Kucera: Prague Ritornelles - Adagio cantabile
13. Vaclav Kucera: Prague Ritornelles - Largo contemplativo
14. Vaclav Kucera: Prague Ritornelles - Vivace enfatico
15. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Before the Image
16. Sergei Rachmaninoff: As fair as day in blaze of noon
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