Finzi & Brahms - Music for Clarinet & Piano | Divine Art DDA25226

Finzi & Brahms - Music for Clarinet & Piano

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Label: Divine Art

Cat No: DDA25226

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 13th May 2022

Contents

Works

Brahms, Johannes

Clarinet Sonata no.1 in F minor, op.120 no.1
Klavierstucke (4), op.119
» no.1 Intermezzo in B minor (arr. John Lenehan)
Klavierstucke (6), op.118
» no.2 Intermezzo in A major (arr. John Lenehan)
Lieder (5), op.105
» no.1 Wie Melodien zieht es mir (arr. John Lenehan)
Lieder (5), op.106
» no.4 Meine Lieder (arr. John Lenehan)

Finzi, Gerald

Bagatelles (5), op.23

Artists

Helen Habershon (clarinet)
John Lenehan (piano)

Works

Brahms, Johannes

Clarinet Sonata no.1 in F minor, op.120 no.1
Klavierstucke (4), op.119
» no.1 Intermezzo in B minor (arr. John Lenehan)
Klavierstucke (6), op.118
» no.2 Intermezzo in A major (arr. John Lenehan)
Lieder (5), op.105
» no.1 Wie Melodien zieht es mir (arr. John Lenehan)
Lieder (5), op.106
» no.4 Meine Lieder (arr. John Lenehan)

Finzi, Gerald

Bagatelles (5), op.23

Artists

Helen Habershon (clarinet)
John Lenehan (piano)

About

Helen Habershon is both an accomplished performer and also an inspired composer of music which often evokes nature, or human emotions and sensibilities. Her first two CDs have been highly praised and were Album of the Month and Album of theWeek on Classic FM (UK) respectively. Her album ‘Found in Winter’, released in 2019, has been aired by Classic FM ever since. Helen had an established performing career until a serious injury led her to turn to composing, but she is now once again able to perform.

Here she teams up with the successful pianist and arranger John Lenehan, who has appeared on over 70 recordings including several solo albums for Sony. It follows their March 2022 release ‘Found in Dreams’ – a collection of romantic lighter pieces, where Helen and John offer a wonderfully diverse collection of repertoire. This includes beautiful arrangements of some of their favourite pieces; a couple of short movements from the Brahms and Finzi works played in full on the new album, and some delightful new compositions of their own.

As grand master of the high Romantic era, Brahms and his First Clarinet Sonata need no introduction. Here, that work is partnered by two songs and two of his Intermezzi, all arranged by John Lenehan for clarinet and piano. As counterpoint we have the Five Bagatelles by Gerald Finzi, a composer in the English post-Romantic pastoral tradition (with Vaughan Williams, Delius etc). Written in 1940 they are simply enchanting, delightful pieces – perhaps not in the modernist fashion of the day but which will prove enduring despite the composer calling them ‘only trifles’.

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