Julian Bliss

Music by;

Hila Plitmann

Lori Laitman

Aharon Harlap

Eric Whitacre

Sharon Farber

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• Various including; Souvenirs de Voyage

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This 6 CD set contains a collection of 100 favourite encores for violin, piano, flute, clarinet and other solo instruments as well as orchestral works and vocal pieces performed by some of the world’s leading artists.

CD 3: Solo Encores

• CLARKE
  Trumpet Voluntary
  Maurice André trumpet, Jane Parker-Smith organ
• MESSAGER
  Solo de concours
  Julian Bliss clarinet, Julien Quentin piano
• SAINT-SAËNS
  The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)
  Nash Ensemble (Christopher van Kempen cello, Ian Brown & Susan Tomes pianos)
• J. S. BACH trans. BALSOM
  Badinerie (Orchestral Suite No.2 BWV1067)
  Alison Balsom trumpet
• GLIÈRE
  Tarantella Op.9 No.2
  Božo Paradžik double bass, Ulrich Rademacher piano
• GOEDICKE
  Concert Étude
  Ole Edvard Antonsen trumpet, Wolfgang Sawallisch piano
• STRAVINSKY arr. Crabb & Draugsvoll
  Tango
  James Crabb & Geir Draugsvoll classical accordions
• J. S. BACH trans. Powell
  Siciliano (Cantata BWV29)
  Leon Gossens oboe, Gerald Moore piano
• IBERT
  Scherzetto (Six Harp Pieces)
  Markus Klinko harp
• CRESTON
  Sonata for alto saxophone & piano Op.19 – III. Avec gaîté
  Jean-Marie alto saxophone, Pierre Pontier piano
• VILLA-LOBOS
  Chôros No.1 in E minor
  Manuel Barrueco guitar

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• 1. Auftritt 00.19
• 2. Fabian Muller: Weinberger Divertimento 15:36
• 4. W.A Mozart: Clarinet Concerto KV 622 26:17

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The breadth of Sabine Meyer’s repertoire is matched by her dedication to collaborations with other great musicians. This recording continues the trend, and sees her working with her student, Julian Bliss.

At the age of 19, Julian is already establishing himself on the international concert scene having already made highly successful debuts at Wigmore Hall, Verbier Festival and the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.

Krommer was one of the most successful of the many influential Czech composers in Vienna at the turn of the 18th century. His creative output comprises over 300 works, although he only began to publish them in later years. Tuneful and elegant, the double clarinet concerto is a perfect repertoire choice for teacher and student.

Spohr’s clarinet concertos – of which Nos. 2 and 4 are performed here – strike a fine balance between virtuosity and musical substance, and they represent a major contribution to the development of the clarinet not merely in terms of repertory but also of construction.

Franz Krommer 1759-1831:
1-3 Concerto for two clarinets*+
Louis Spohr 1784-1859:
4-6 Clarinet Concerto No.4 +
7-9 Clarinet Concerto No.2*

+Sabine Meyer (Clarinet)
*Julian Bliss (Clarinet)

Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Directed by Kenneth Sillito
Producer: John Fraser

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• 1-3 Francis Poulenc 1899-1963:
  Sonata 14.02
• 4 André Messager 1853-1929:
  Solo De Concours 5.32
• 5-7 Joseph Horovitz b.1926:
  Sonatina 13.05
• 8 Paul Jeanjean 1874-1928:
  Clair Matin (Idylle) 5.32
• 9 Jean Francaix 1912-1977:
  Tema con variazioni 8.57
• 10-12 Bohuslav Martinů 1890-1959:
  Sonatina 10.40
• 13 Luigi Bassi 1833-1871:
  Concert Fantasia on Motives from Verdi’s Opera ‘’Rigoletto’ 12.30

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You didn’t have to be an ardent monarchist to be seriously impressed by the musical celebrations marking the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. The classical concert at Buckingham Palace boasted a star line-up, providing not just the predictable classical pops (Gershwin’s “Summertime”, Verdi and Puccini faves, Land of Hope and Glory etc) but the occasional element of adventure. Mstislav Rostropovich’s choice of the passionately introspective Preludio from Villa Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 was nothing if not daring for the occasion, and there was also the chance to hear a real star in the making – the 13-year-old clarinettist Julian Bliss who tackled a cracking virtuoso showpiece by Messager.

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