Yehuda, Guy
Between Two Worlds
Between Two Worlds is a program of early to mid-20th century music for clarinet, strings, percussion and piano. The album features clarinetist Guy Yehuda. Hailed by composer John Corigliano as "One of the most awe-inspiring clarinetists today," Mr. Yehuda is recognized as one of the most outstanding and unique talents on the international concert stage. He performs here with an ensemble consisting of Dmitri Berlinsky, violin; Yvonne Lam, violin; Eric Nowlin, viola; Suren Bagratuni, cello; Kevin Brown, double bass; Jon Weber, percussion and Eric Zuber, piano. There are full descriptions and sound samples at our website: https://referencerecordings.com/recording/between-two-worlds/ The pieces are based on Jewish themes and folklore, by Engel (1922), Prokofiev (1919) and Ben-Haim (1941/1965), and are beautifully performed and recorded. There is only one previous recording of the Engel work. The Ben-Haim is also a rare work on CD. Prokofiev's "Overture on Hebrew Themes" has many more recordings, but it still remains as one of his less performed works, and incidentally one of my personal favorites! All in all we have high hopes for this album, it should be well received by critics, music lovers and collectors of rare works.