Tesla Quartet & Alexander Fiterstein – Joy & Desolation (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Tesla Quartet & Alexander Fiterstein – Joy & Desolation (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:36 minutes | 2,05 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Orchid Classics

Following its hugely acclaimed debut on Orchid Classics, the Tesla Quartet returns alongside clarinettist Alexander Fiterstein in works by Mozart, Finzi, John Corigliano and Carolina Heredia.

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Alexander Fiterstein, Lev Ljova, Muir String Quartet – Celebration Music: Klezmer Music for String Quartet & Clarinet (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

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Alexander Fiterstein, Lev Ljova, Muir String Quartet – Celebration Music: Klezmer Music for String Quartet & Clarinet (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 25:09 minutes | 428 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Big Round Records

A signature sound deeply rooted in the Jewish tradition, the buoyant and soothing nature of Klezmer music speaks in a new tone in CELEBRATION MUSIC from Big Round Records. With pieces selected by renowned clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein and arranged for clarinet and string quartet by Lev Ljova, Fiterstein and the critically acclaimed Muir String Quartet deftly handle the genre with passion and unbridled musicality, navigating both relaxing and exhilarating up-tempo passages with dynamism and verve. Historically performed by klezmer bands for major Jewish life events and celebrations in Eastern Europe and New York City, the style remains alive and well in this modern setting, arranged for the concert stage where audiences can enjoy its timeless, uplifting qualities.
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Alexander Fiterstein – A Clarinet in America (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Alexander Fiterstein – A Clarinet in America (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 56:42 minutes | 933 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Orchid Classics

The clarinet has long been embraced by American composers for its jauntiness and jazzy flexibility (think of that slide opening Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue), qualities heard in abundance on this album. We hear Leonard Bernstein’s Cuban-influenced Sonata, and the Sonatina by Budapest-born Miklós Rózsa, who made his name as a Hollywood movie composer. These pieces are bookended by two Aaron Copland works, his Concerto, for American jazz clarinettist and King of Swing, Benny Goodman, and his Sonata. Fiterstein’s playing with the Tesla Quartet was praised by The Arts Desk as impressive and heart-stopping. The Washington Post described his playing as dazzling in its spectrum of colours, agility, and range. Every sound he makes is finely measured without inhibiting expressiveness and The New York Times described him as a clarinettist with a warm tone and powerful technique.

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