The American Chamber Ensemble

This CD features chamber music for voice, clarinet, and piano by Judith Lang Zaimont and Vally Weigl, and the Paul Hindemith quartet for clarinet, strings, and piano. Naomi Drucker, clarinet; Blanche Abram, piano; Deirdre Kingsbury, mezzo-soprano; Timothy Baker, violin; Chris Finckel, cello.Leonarda Catalog #LE329. Total Time 60:41.

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  COMPOSERS, CHAMBER MUSIC AUDIO SAMPLES MUSICIANS
  Judith Lang Zaimont (b.1945) (USA)
From the Great Land (22:01) (text: Frank Buske)
She is Left on the Ice
Passion: The First Dream
Lullaby: The Second Dream
Counting Song: The Third Dream
Lament
Interlude-Lullaby; Vision: The Fourth Dream
She Dies

mp3 #1 (:23)
mp3 #2
(1:11)

Deirdre Kingsbury, mezzo-soprano; Naomi Drucker, clarinet; Blanche Abram, piano, Eskimo drum
  Vally Pick Weigl (1899-1982) (Austria-USA)
Songs of Remembrance (11:45) (text: Emily Dickenson)
Heart! We will forget him
What shall I do when the Summer troubles?
Mother Nature
Wild nights
If you were coming in the fall
mp3 (:22) Deirdre Kingsbury, mezzo-soprano; Naomi Drucker, clarinet; Blanche Abram, piano
 

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) (Germany-USA)
Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano (26:38)
Mässig bewegt
Sehr langsam
Mässig bewegt; Lebhaft; Ruhig bewegt; Sehr lebhaft

mp3 (:29) Naomi Drucker, clarinet; Timothy Baker, violin; Chris Finckel, cello; Blanche Abram, piano
 


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Reviews: CD: "This disc is recommended." Fanfare. *  Performance, Recording: "Drucker is a fine clarinetist who has performed around the world; her playing does not suffer in comparison to that of her husband, the great Stanley Drucker. Abram, too, is an esteemed performer and teacher; both string players also display high credentials. Deirdre Kingsbury brings her stage experience to bear on the songs, peering deep into their emotional spheres as well as mastering the vocal requirements." Fanfare. *  "An accomplished and exciting performance of Paul Hindemith's Quartet rounds out the program." Journal of Singing. *  Zaimont: "Judith Lang Zaimont's cycle is a touching and sensitive treatment of poems from Frank Buske's Woman's Songs. Mezzo Deirdre Kingsbury gives a dramatic performance, and the instrumental work of Blanche Abram and Naomi Drucker is exemplary." Journal of Singing. *  Weigl: "Weigl's 1953 work is conventionally tonal and instantly attractive. Interplay of color and line between clarinet, voice, and piano is excellent and gives fresh feeling to the familiar Dickinson texts." Journal of Singing. *  Hindemith: "Involving music" Fanfare.

Recording: Recording producers: Judith Zaimont (Zaimont) and Marnie Hall (Weigl, Hindemith). Recording engineers: Michail Liberman (Zaimont) and Paul Goodman (Weigl, Hindemith). Recorded in 1987 at Hofstra University (Zaimont) and in New York City at RCA's Studio A. DDD. Support: This recording is made possible by public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency. Additional funding was provided by The Joe & Emily Lowe Foundation; The Vally Weigl Recording Fund, Hofstra University; The New York Community Trust; and The National Heritage Foundation. Music Publishers:Hindemith: Universal Edition, distributed in the USA by European American Music. Zaimont and Weigl: Email Leonarda for information. marnie@leonarda.com. Cover Photo: Photo: "Elk Lake, New York Adirondacks" by Irving Abram. Graphic Design: Marnie Hall. ©1989, Leonarda Productions, Inc. All rights reserved. Made in the U.S.A.


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