Rhapsodie - 20th-Century Clarinet Classics

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Label
Avie Records
Release Date
November 18, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BARTOK BERNSTEIN LARSEN
    • PERFORMER
      Levy, Yu, Abend, Izquierd
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 18, 2016
    • UPC
      822252236729
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AV2367
    • LABEL
      Avie Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Prelude

      Composer: Gerald Finzi

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    2. No. 2. Romance

      Composer: Gerald Finzi

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    3. No. 3. Carol

      Composer: Gerald Finzi

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    4. No. 4. Forlana

      Composer: Gerald Finzi

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    5. No. 5. Fughetta

      Composer: Gerald Finzi

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    6. I. Grazioso

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    7. II. Andantino - Vivace e leggiero

      Composer: Leonard Bernstein

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    8. No. 1. Joc cu bâta (Stick Dance)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    9. No. 2. Brâul (Sash Dance)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    10. No. 3. Pe loc (In One Spot)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    11. No. 4. Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    12. No. 5. Poarga Româneasca (Romanian Polka)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    13. No. 6. Maruntel (Fast Dance)

      Composer: Béla Bartók

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    14. Première rapsodie

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Todd Levy, Elena Abend

    15. Piece en forme de habanera (arr. for clarinet and piano)

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    16. I. Deep Blue

      Composer: Libby Larsen

      Performer: Todd Levy, René Izquierdo

    17. II. Salt Peanuts

      Composer: Libby Larsen

      Performer: Todd Levy, René Izquierdo

    18. Sholem-alekhem, rov Feidman!

      Composer: Béla Kovács

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    19. Hommages: Hommage a Manuel de Falla

      Composer: Béla Kovács

      Performer: Todd Levy

    20. Vals Venezolano (version for clarinet and piano)

      Composer: Paquito D'Rivera

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu

    21. Tributo a Lecuona

      Composer: Paquito D'Rivera

      Performer: Todd Levy

    22. Contradanza (version for clarinet and piano)

      Composer: Paquito D'Rivera

      Performer: Todd Levy, Jeannie Yu


Grammy Award-winning clarinetist Todd Levy, who holds the principal chairs with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Santa Fe Opera, presents Rhapsodie, an astonishing array of classic 20th century works for his instrument. The rich palette of colors and immense versatility of the clarinet is on full display in impressionistic Debussy and Ravel, Cubanisto-style Bernstein, pastoral Finzi, the folk idioms of Bartok, klezmer inspiration by Bela Kovacs, blues-infected Libby Larsen and genre-bending Paquito D’Rivera. Todd’s technical wizardry is flawless throughout and is matched by his collaborators, pianists Jeannie Wu and Elena Abend, and guitarist Rene Izquierd. Todd Levy has received critical acclaim throughout his career. “It takes but a single solo at a Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra concert to fall under the spell of principal clarinetist Todd Levy’s fluid tone and expressive phrasing. In his new CD, Brahms/Schumannn… the Avie label has given the classical music world compelling evidence of an artistic treasure that belongs to Milwaukee.” (Milwaukee Magazine)