Ebony and Ivory - Works for Clarinet and Piano Andrew Simon & Warren Lee

• Şerban Nichifor (1954-): Two Dances for Andrew Simon (2003)
• 1 No. 1. A Musical Joke 01:30
• 2 No. 2. Carnyx 03:25
• Joseph Horovitz (1926-): Two Majorcan Pieces (1956)
• 3 No. 1. Paguera 02:34
• 4 No. 2. Valdemosa 01:35
• Joseph Horovitz (1926-): Sonatina in B flat major for Clarinet and Piano (1981)
• 5 I. Allegro calmato 05:21
• 6 II. Lento, quasi andante 04:21
• 7 III. Con brio 03:49
• Joseph Horovitz (1926-): Diversions on a Familiar Theme (1997)
• 8 Diversions on a Familiar Theme 07:46
• Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994): Dance Preludes (version for clarinet and piano) (1955)
• 9 No. 1. Allegro molto 01:05
• 10 No. 2. Andantino 03:15
• 11 No. 3. Allegro giocoso 01:09
• 12 No. 4. Andante 03:57
• 13 No. 5. Allegro molto 01:37
• Arnold Cooke (1906-2005): Sonata in B flat for Clarinet and Piano (1959)
• 14 I. Allegro moderato 06:22
• 15 II. Scherzando 03:16
• 16 III. Adagio ma non troppo 06:51
• 17 IV. Molto vivace 03:37
• Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006): Sonatina in G minor for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 29 (1951)
• 18 I. Allegro con brio 02:56
• 19 II. Andantino 02:44
• 20 III. Furioso 02:25
• Total Runtime 01:09:35

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This fascinating and wide-ranging programme of 20th-century works for clarinet and piano begins with the jazz and folk-inspired Two Dances for Andrew Simon by the Romanian composer Şerban Nichifor, followed by a selection of works by Joseph Horovitz with whom both artists worked closely prior to this recording. Based on folk-songs from Northern Poland, Lutosławski’s Dance Preludes are the composer’s official ‘farewell to folklore for an indefinite period’, and the recital concludes with Arnold Cooke’s Hindemith-inspired Sonata and Malcolm Arnold’s accessible and lighthearted Sonatina.

“with experienced performers, a fairly generous running time and good sonics as givens, clarinet-lovers and performers at least will doubtless give the disc a try. They are unlikely to feel disappointed by a pleasing mixture of light and virtuosic.” (MusicWeb International)

Andrew Simon, clarinet
Warren Lee, piano

Andrew Simon
The first American-born artist ever to perform in North Korea (1992), Andrew Simon graduated from The Juilliard School and made his Carnegie Hall début in 1988, and is an active international soloist. He has given more than sixty solo performances with the Hong Kong Philharmonic where he serves as Principal Clarinet, including John Corigliano’s Clarinet Concerto, which he studied with the Academy Award winning composer, and GMN’s recording of Baermann’s Adagio conducted by David Atherton. Having toured 23 cities in Japan as soloist, he has also appeared as concerto soloist with the Singapore Symphony and gave the Australian première of the original version of Copland’s Concerto with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Marin Alsop on national radio. As guest lecturer, he frequents institutions such as Yale University, the Sydney Conservatorium, the Royal College of Music (London), and the Central Conservatory (Beijing). For more information, visit www.amsimon.com.

Warren Lee
Hailed by The Straits Times as a musician with “superb pianism... a wonderful sense of colour and impeccably controlled articulation”, Steinway Artist Warren Lee made his televised début with the Hong Kong Philharmonic at the age of six. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, London, and Yale School of Music, he was the first-prize winner of the 1995 Stravinsky Awards International Piano Competition and the Grand Prix Ivo Pogorelich. His artistry has brought him to four continents, gracing stages of all sizes and forms, from the National Center for Performing Arts in Beijing to Kettering in Tasmania, and from Carnegie Hall in New York to Colombo in Sri Lanka. Off the stage he devotes much of his time to education and is the Music Director of St Paul’s Co-educational College in Hong Kong, as well as a frequent guest at international institutions. In 2012 he received the Ten Most Outstanding Young Persons Award in Hong Kong in recognition of his outstanding achievement in the performing arts and exemplary contribution to the community. His solo album, From Bach To Gershwin on Universal Music (Hong Kong), has received critical acclaim for its contribution to music education. For more information, visit www.warren-lee.com.

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