Palimpsest

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Marimba, clarinet, bandoneon and bass looks odd on paper, but it works, helped by lively and eloquent playing. Ravel’s Pavane arranged for clarinet and marimba is an unexpected joy. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2019, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 7th Jun 2019
Catalogue No: AV2409
Label: Avie
Length: 59 minutes

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Bach, J S: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor, BWV903

Work length15:51

Album only

Richard Stoltzman

Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne

Work length16:53

Album only

Mika Stoltzman

Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte

Work length6:47

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

Richard Stoltzman, Mika Stolzman

William Thomas McKinley, William Thomas McKincely: Mostly Blues Nos. 2, 8 & 12 for Clarinet and Marimba

Work length6:10

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

Richard Stoltzman, Mika Stoltzman

Zorn: Palimpsest for Clarinet and Marimba

Work length4:44

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

Richard Stoltzman, Mika Stoltzman

Piazzólla: Tango Etude No. 5

Work length2:29

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

Richard Stoltzman

Piazzólla: Fuga y Misterio

Work length6:10

$1.00

$1.40

$1.75

Richard Stoltzman, Mika Stoltzman

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Clarinet legend Richard Stoltzman and virtuoso marimbist Mika Stoltzman present a stunning collection of arrangements evoking the past and new works of the present, including music by J.S. Bach, William Thomas McKinley, Astor Piazzolla, Maurice Ravel and John Zorn.

Clarinet legend Richard Stoltzman and virtuoso marimbist Mika Stoltzman arrive on AVIE with a stunning collection of works in which the duo finds freedom in music of the past and equally breaks through boundaries with new arrangements and commissions. John Zorn’s title track, Palimpsest, written in 2018 for Richard’s 75th birthday, sets the tone, evoking layers of tradition and innovation. Richard’s lifelong friendship with William Thomas McKinley led to the jazzy collection Mostly Blues, three of which are performed on this album. The musical meat of the album are the couple’s own arrangements of monumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach - Mika’s solo marimba take on the Chaconne from Partita in D minor originally for solo violin, and Richard’s colourful Chromatic Fantasia for solo clarinet and Fugue, BWV 903 bringing him together with marimba and bandoneon. The versatile Mika, who has collaborated with such musicians as Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez and Steve Gadd, also provides a blues-tinged duo arrangement of Maurice Ravel’s Pavane pour une infante defunte, and the album takes a side trip to the Argentinian world of Astor Piazzolla with a solo clarinet version of the composer’s Etude No. 5, and the full complement of musicians coming together for Fuga y misterio.

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September 2019

Marimba, clarinet, bandoneon and bass looks odd on paper, but it works, helped by lively and eloquent playing. Ravel’s Pavane arranged for clarinet and marimba is an unexpected joy.

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