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The American Chamber Ensemble Plays Peter Schickele (Elysium Recordings GRK 725): Contains four Peter Schickele compositions with one clarinet or many: Serenade for Three; Quartet; Monochrome III; and Octet. Here’s a quote from the liner notes:
The American Chamber ensemble Plays Peter Schickele celebrates the 40th anniversary of the American Chamber Ensemble, founded in 1965 by directors Blanche Abram, pianist and Naomi Drucker, clarinetist. Dedicated to presenting, commissioning and recording American chamber music and especially the music of living composers, ACE turned to Peter Schickele as the composer whose music most represents a certain spirit and joy of life shared by the ensemble.
Performers
- Blanche Abram, piano
- Naomi Drucker, clarinet
- Marilyn Sherman Lehman, piano
- Eriko Sato, violin
- Deborah Wong, violin
- Lois Marin, viola
- Chris Finckel, cello
- Kurt Muroki, bass
- Braden Toan, bassoon
- Eva Conti, French horn
- Clarinet Band:
- Stanley Drucker
- Mindy Dragovich
- Mitchell Estrin
- Jess Gross
- Amy Shapiro
- Lawrence Sobol
- Peter Weinberg
- Robert Yamis
Track Listing
Serenade for Three for clarinet, violin and piano (Peter Schickele)
[1] Dances
[2] Songs
[3] Variations
Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (Peter Schickele)
[4] Moderato, flowing
[5] Fast, driving
[6] Slow, elegiac
[7] Quite fast, dancing
[8] Monochrome III for nine clarinets (Peter Schickele)
Octet for clarinet, bassoon, French horn, string quartet and bass (Peter Schickele)
[9] Fanfares and Entrances
[10] A Walk in the Park
[11] A Toast to Mozart
[12] Finale
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