In the Middle of Things: Chamber Music by Michael Zev Gordon - Julian Bliss (clarinet) & Fidelio Trio - Resonus Classics - RES10237

In the Middle of Things: Chamber Music by Michael Zev Gordon

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Total playing time [70:16]

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Julian Bliss (clarinet)
Fidelio Trio
Darragh Morgan (violin)
Adi Tal (cello)
Mary Dullea (piano)

The Fidelio Trio returns to Resonus Classics, joined by the acclaimed clarinettist Julian Bliss, to present this album of recent chamber works by British composer Michael Zev Gordon.

Presenting a varied programme of instrument combinations, the trio and Julian present works stretching back over fifteen years, celebrating Michael’s individual and idiomatic voice along with both the fascinating and wide-ranging influences within his music.

Album Booklet (PDF)

Tracklist

Fragments from a Diary (2005)
for clarinet, violin and piano
1. breakable objects
2. the time has come to have a home
3. all too brief
4. ...And those who are beautiful,
oh who can retain them?...
5. elegiac
6. ...you can still catch the echo
7. Listen my heart, as only saints
have listened

8. False Relations (1994)
for violin and piano

9. Grace (1999)
for violin and piano

10. Roseland (2008)
for cello and piano

Three Short Pieces for Clarinet (2016)
11. A Lotus Flower
12. Un canto di sospiri
13. Freilach

Diary Pieces 2015
for piano
14. Long Time
15. Shining Day
16. Another Space
17. Summer Waltz
18. A Line of Light
19. Grilli
20. Epitaph

21. A Small Folly (2002/2016)
for clarinet, violin, cello and piano

22. In the Middle of Things (2014)
for violin, cello and piano

'Gordon devises pieces in which a clockmaker’s craftsmanship somehow coincides with romantic phantasmagoria [...] Beautiful performances throughout.'

- The Sunday Times (Discs of the Year)

'Gordon devises pieces in which a clockmaker’s craftsmanship somehow coincides with romantic phantasmagoria [...] Beautiful performances throughout.'
The Sunday Times (Discs of the Year)

Credits
© 2019 Resonus Limited
Ⓟ 2019 Resonus Limited
Catalogue No. RES10237
Producer & Engineer: James Carpenter
Executive Producer: Adam Binks
EAN: 5060262791448
Cover image: Tree of Life by Dan Leap (iStock)
Release date: 1 March 2019