Bohemian Rhapsodies
Fell Clarinet Quartet
...if the Quartet's performances here are anything to go by, [Fell] can be proud that they bear his name...an enjoyable, carefully planned programme, very nicely engineered
Bohemian Rhapsodies
Fell Clarinet Quartet
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...if the Quartet's performances here are anything to go by, [Fell] can be proud that they bear his name...an enjoyable, carefully planned programme, very nicely engineered
About
The Fells' journey through Eastern Europe takes in sophisticated reworkings of Bartok; Michael Church celebrates the arrangements' 'wonderfully suggestive reediness' which 'greatly enhance[s] the music's rustic tone'. Lenny Sayers leads us down a path even more earthy; his sympathetic arrangements highlight Klezmer's ability to constantly renew itself. These laments and dances fit the four clarinet format like a glove. With the Fells as your guides, your experience of Eastern Europe is sure to be cosmopolitan, virtuosic and not without some moments of real grit…
Contents and tracklist
- Fell Clarinet Quartet
- Fell Clarinet Quartet
- Fell Clarinet Quartet
Bartók:
Mikrokosmos, Vol. 6, Sz. 107 (Arr. G. Blamey & A. Sparling for Clarinet Quartet)
Work length9:29
- Fell Clarinet Quartet
- Fell Clarinet Quartet
- Fell Clarinet Quartet
- Fell Clarinet Quartet
- Fell Clarinet Quartet
Awards and reviews
Awards Issue 2010
...if the Quartet's performances here are anything to go by, [Fell] can be proud that they bear his name...an enjoyable, carefully planned programme, very nicely engineered
25th June 2010
The results are hugely enjoyable, and probably closer to the rustic origins of the "Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm" than the composer envisaged. The introductory "Ostinato", especially, is a dazzling, animated miniature which crams more activity into two minutes than some composers manage in a symphony.
3rd July 2010
The Manchester-based group makes a distinctive sound, pungent and perky, superbly captured in this full-bodied recording...Arrangements from Bartók’s Mikrokosmos piano pieces vividly expose the music’s folk roots, while Lenny Sayers’s klezmer medleys bristle with virtuoso thrills
