Master clarinetist David Shifrin partners with the Dover and Harlem String Quartets in an album that blazes with excitement. The three new quintets showcase the clarinet’s many moods and tones and explore the expressive capabilities of the string quartet as well. First on the album is Ducal Suite, featuring arrangements of compositions by Duke Ellington, followed by Chris Rogerson’s Thirty Thousand Days,…
You may already be aware that the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) are Europe’s rough equivalent to the classical end of our own Grammys, with distinguished jury members representing 16 different countries ranging from Turkey to Russia. Delos has been honored to receive eight ICMA nominations from 2016 to 2018, making Delos one of the handful…
Friday, July 6, longtime Delos artist David Shifrin, will join cellist Fred Sherry and pianist J.P. Redmond in a world premiere performance of Delos composer Mark Abel‘s Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano (2017) presented by Chamber Music Northwest! Mark Abel on his Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano My Trio for Clarinet, Cello and…
Shifrin’s “… musicianship and leadership are always on display, and his rendition of the Zwilich should ensure its place in every clarinetist’s library.”
“As good as the musicianship is in this CD, the real pleasure…may be the music, itself…This is really one of the better clarinet discs I have encountered all year…I recommend this recording strongly…”
“Like everyone else, composers were badly shaken by 9/11 … (This work) would surely have turned out to be quite a different piece had not the fatal date arrived just as she was about to start work on the second movement.”
“I have no hesitation in recommending this disc.” – Lynn René Bayley, Fanfare Magazine …read the review…
Chamber Music Northwest: David Shifrin & Friends features music from four leading American composers — beloved icon Aaron Copland and three contemporary masters: Stephen Harke, Aaaron Jay Kernis, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Here, on the Delos Insider, we want to introduce you to these composers and their works, via Delos’ own liner notes. Ellen Taaffe…
Chamber Music Northwest: David Shifrin & Friends features music from four leading American composers — beloved icon Aaron Copland and three contemporary masters: Stephen Harke, Aaaron Jay Kernis, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Here, on the Delos Insider, we want to introduce you to these composers and their works, via Delos’ own liner notes. Aaron Jay…
Chamber Music Northwest: David Shifrin & Friends features music from four leading American composers — beloved icon Aaron Copland and three contemporary masters: Stephen Harke, Aaaron Jay Kernis, and Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Here, on the Delos Insider, we want to introduce you to these composers and their works, via Delos’ own liner notes. Stephen Hartke…
Chamber Music Northwest: David Shifrin & Friends “… a score truly inspired by a tragic event (9/11) and one that is likely to transcend it.” — Peter G. Davis, New York Magazine Thus did a leading critic sum up the remarkable Concerto for Clarinet (chamber orchestra version) by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, one of America’s cutting-edge…
New Digital Release – Chamber Music Northwest: David Shifrin & Friends – Copland, Hartke, Kernis, and Zwilich
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