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YEDIDIA, R.: Impromptu, Nocturne and World Dance (Fiterstein, Yedidia)

Composer(s):Yedidia, Ronn
Artist(s)
Period(s) Contemporary
Genre Classical Music
Category Chamber Music
Catalogue 8.559699
Label Naxos
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
MP3
USD 6.99
 

 


Ronn Yedidia’s music has been acclaimed for its vitality, variety and imagination, and his compositions for clarinet are especially touching and intimate. Impromptu, Nocturne and World Dance was written for the birth of friends’ newborn twins and is full of expressive breadth, lovely textures and a heady use of ethnic source material. Farewell, Nathaniel offers a more sombre and reflective experience in music of great depth and loss. Poème is both romantic and impressionistic, whilst the Concertino is a feast of colour and vivid dance energy.


   




Review By John Whitmore,MusicWeb International,January 2013

Judging from this excellent CD there is no doubt that his compositions for clarinet are melancholic, touching and intimate. The music is tonal, romantic, well-crafted and tuneful. There is also a tremendous zip to the dance rhythms especially in the opening piece, World Dance. The ear is treated to a varied and interesting flow of music.

The Impromptu is a miniature of real beauty…followed by a contemplative Nocturne…The final World Dance is an enjoyable, tuneful romp.

Farewell, Nathaniel ismy own personal favourite on the CD…the music is lyrical but it also has an underlying sadness. This is very touching with a haunting feeling of regret.

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Review By Donald Rosenberg ,Gramophone,August 2012

Fiterstein puts his multifaceted artistry to splendid use in this programme of music by Israeli-born composer Ronn Yedidia, also the recording’s articulate and expressive pianist. The repertory employs clarinet, piano and strings in invigorating and poignant conversations, many influenced by ethnic sources from Israel and elsewhere.

The disc’s opening selection, World Dance, is a whirlwind example of Yedidia’s ability to embrace many cultures and set them leaping. Two other pieces are scored for the same instruments.

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Review By Jerónimo Marín,Ritmo,July 2012

Con pocos discos he sentido como con este una sospecha: que me estaban tomando el pelo. Ronn Yedidia nació en Tel Aviv en 1960, aunque lleva tiempo en los Estados Unidos. Su estilo es un fiel reflejo de la música que se hacía en la última década del s.XIX, más en concreto, el equivalente a las últimas sonatas para instrumentos de viento de Saint-Saëns, con una pizca de Rachmaninov y bastante más de Fauré (Concertino incluye además de clarinete y piano, a un cuarteto de cuerda y hay fragmentos clavados a los Cuartetos con piano de Fauré). Todo es diáfano, biensonante y sin sobresaltos armónicos, con una virtuosa escritura para clarinete, por cierto tocado de manera

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Review By Tom Huizenga,National Public Radio,May 2012

Here’s a lighthearted album that meanders across various classical and world music genres. There’s a natural fluency to the way Israeli composer and pianist Ronn Yedidia writes for the terrific clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein, whether Yedidia is borrowing from Arab, Spanish, klezmer or jazz idioms. The tune “World Dance” for clarinet and piano is jaunty and irresistible. The more straightforwardly classical “Concertino” for clarinet, piano and strings is more serious, with an extraordinary cadenza that shows Fiterstein at the top of his game. © 2012 Deceptive Cadence/National Public Radio



Review By John Sunier,Audiophile Audition,March 2012

The clarinet is…featured in most of these pieces, and performer Fiterstein is a consummate musician who frequently plays with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

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