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Ian Mitchell is a leading performer on all members of the clarinet family and has made recordings with most of them. He has also led Gemini for many years, bringing the ensemble to the top of the tree especially in contemporary chamber music. This album of works for clarinet and strings arose from a prize in the 1993 Prudential Awards, which provided initial funding to record three major but neglected works, by Cyril Scott, Howard Skempton and Rebecca Clarke, together with more recent pieces by Sadie Harrison and Nicola LeFanu and jazz legend Tony Coe. This is not a clarinet feature disc however, but a program of fine works involving that instrument ‘in the mix’. Added to the album as a bonus is Skempton’s Gemini Dances which adds flute, piano and percussion.
Gemini has a very strong following for both recordings and concerts, and since its formation in 1974 has developed a reputation for the highest levels of musicianship and immense support for contemporary composers.
- Cyril Scott (1879-1970):
- Clarinet Quintet (15:35) Nicola LeFanu (b.1947):
- Songs without Words – I. A far cry (1:52)
- Songs without Words – II. No paseran (2:01)
- Songs without Words – III. Catalunya! (1:48)
- Songs without Words – IV. Remembrance (5:22) Howard Skempton (b.1947):
- Lullaby (3:47) Tony Coe (b. 1934):
- Dream Odyssey – I. Marsh Lanterns (1:47)
- Dream Odyssey – II. The Pathless Wood (1:46)
- Dream Odyssey – III. Bird of Fortune (1:51) Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979):
- Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale – I. Prelude (3:30)
- Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale – II. Allegro (3:38)
- Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale – III. Pastorale (6:04) Sadie Harrison (b.1965):
- Fire in Song – I. The World’s Lament (1:30)
- Fire in Song – II. Bandicoot and the Hollow Log (1:40)
- Fire in Song – III. Quail and the Burning Twig (1:53)
- Fire in Song – IV. Honey Bees and the Paperbark Swamp (1:26)
- Fire in Song – V. Honey Bees and the Tall Grass (1:52)
- Fire in Song – VI. Baru the Saltwater Crocodile and the Ancient Fire (3:16)
- Fire in Song – VII. Lament for the Whole World (2:07) Howard Skempton (b.1947):
- Gemini Dances – I. Comodo (1:13)
- Gemini Dances – II. Dotted crotchet (quarter note)=c.72 (0:48)
- Gemini Dances – III. Comodo (crotchet=c.104) (1:43)
- Gemini Dances – IV. Alla marcia (1:17)
- Gemini Dances – V. Vivo (crotchet=c.152) (1:00)
- Gemini Dances – VI. Dotted crotchet=c.72 (2:29)
- Gemini Dances – VII. Comodo (1:02)
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Clarinet Quintet (15:35)
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Songs without Words – I. A far cry (1:52)
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Songs without Words – II. No paseran (2:01)
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Songs without Words – III. Catalunya! (1:48)
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Songs without Words – IV. Remembrance (5:22)
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Lullaby (3:47)
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Dream Odyssey – I. Marsh Lanterns (1:47)
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Dream Odyssey – II. The Pathless Wood (1:46)
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Dream Odyssey – III. Bird of Fortune (1:51)
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Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale – I. Prelude (3:30)
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Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale – II. Allegro (3:38)
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Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale – III. Pastorale (6:04)
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Fire in Song – I. The World's Lament (1:30)
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Fire in Song – II. Bandicoot and the Hollow Log (1:40)
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Fire in Song – III. Quail and the Burning Twig (1:53)
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Fire in Song – IV. Honey Bees and the Paperbark Swamp (1:26)
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Fire in Song – V. Honey Bees and the Tall Grass (1:52)
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Fire in Song – VI. Baru the Saltwater Crocodile and the Ancient Fire (3:16)
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Fire in Song – VII. Lament for the Whole World (2:07)
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Gemini Dances – I. Comodo (1:13)
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Gemini Dances – II. Dotted crotchet (quarter note)=c.72 (0:48)
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Gemini Dances – III. Comodo (crotchet=c.104) (1:43)
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Gemini Dances – IV. Alla marcia (1:17)
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Gemini Dances – V. Vivo (crotchet=c.152) (1:00)
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Gemini Dances – VI. Dotted crotchet=c.72 (2:29)
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Gemini Dances – VII. Comodo (1:02)
