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Sharon Kam: Opera! | Berlin Classics 0300547BC

Sharon Kam: Opera!

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Label: Berlin Classics

Cat No: 0300547BC

Barcode: 0885470005478

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 25th November 2013

Contents

Artists

Sharon Kam (clarinet)
Wurttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Conductor

Ruben Gazarian

Works

Ponchielli, Amilcare

Paolo e Virginia (clarinet, violin and orchestra)

Puccini, Giacomo

La Boheme
» Quando me'n vo (Musette's Waltz) (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)
La Rondine
» Walzerarze der Magda (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)
Sole e amore (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)
Storiella d'amore (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)

Rossini, Gioachino

Arie (Bolero) (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)
La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
» Aria (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)
Maometto Secondo
» Non temer: d'un basso affetto (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)

Verdi, Giuseppe

Ad una stella (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)
Deh, pietoso, oh Addolorata (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)
In solitaria stanza (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)
Lo spazzacamino (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)

Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno

I gioielli della Madonna (The Jewels of the Madonna)
» Danza napoletana (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)
» Serenata (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)
Il segreto di Susanna (Suzanna's secret)
» Intermezzo (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)
I quattro rusteghi (The Four Curmudgeons)
» Intermezzo II (arr. Andreas Tarkmann)

Artists

Sharon Kam (clarinet)
Wurttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn

Conductor

Ruben Gazarian

About

Sharon Kam loves opera. More, maybe, than one would expect of a world‐class clarinettist. Unless you know that she has been married for many years to an opera conductor and so feels quite at home with music drama. Then you will understand that her new CD album 'Opera!' fulfils a long‐held dream and at the same time adds several interesting pieces to the instrument's relatively limited concert repertoire.

In any case, this recording goes far beyond what one normally expects of arrangements. This isn't a series of aria snippets with no words. Together with Andreas Tarkmann, she went through the Italian repertoire, not afraid to veer off the beaten track, and found suitable pieces that the famous arranger could tailor to Sharon Kam and her instrument.

The result could set new standards. Music by Romantic opera composers comes over differently here, imaginatively adapted to the potential of clarinet and chamber orchestra, creatively combined, sometimes in suite form. This varied and thoughtfully programmed sequence of arrangements gives the clarinet centre stage, makes the instrument a prima donna, invests it with a host of different roles.

Sharon Kam receives colourful and yet sensitive support from the Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn under the direction of its principal conductor Ruben Gazarian.

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