Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra & Sir Neville Marriner Howard Blake: The Barber of Neville

• 1 I. Allegro cantando 03:48
• 2 II. Scherzo con spirito 03:41
• 3 III. Andante espressivo 03:04
• 4 IV. Marcia giocoso 06:10
• 5 I. Invocation: Recitativo: Allegro ritmico 07:51
• 6 II. Ceremony: Recitativo: Andante espressivo 07:12
• 7 III. Round Dance: Vivace 06:28
• 8 I. Moderato 06:10
• 9 II. Larghetto 02:50
• 10 III. Presto 03:35
• 11 I. Grazioso con moto 06:30
• 12 II. Serioso, come una marcia lenta 04:30
• 13 III. Molto vivace, capriccioso 03:40
• Total Runtime 01:05:29

Info for Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra & Sir Neville Marriner

This album features new classical compositions by Howard Blake, all world premiere recordings. There is a story to the way Howard Blake and Sir Neville Marriner got to know each other: through the fact that they both have a house in Kensington and use the same hair dresser who made the connection.

The album is named THE BARBER OF NEVILLE/ Woodwind concertos by Howard Blake/ Conducted by Sir Neville Marriner. The joke is that Howard and Neville had the same barber in London for many years without realising it and it was their barber, Jean-Marie Provost, who introduced them. Another customer of Jean-Marie's was Neville's son, Andrew Marriner, principal clarinet of the LSO, whose long-standing desire to record Howard's clarinet concerto is now superbly fulfilled. The splendid cover photo was taken by Clive Barda in the actual barber shop.

Recordings took place September 24-26 2012 in St. John's Smith Square with the Orchestra of The Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields. Clarinet Concerto perf. by Andrew Marriner with revisions previously unincorporated; Bassoon Concerto perf. by Gustavo Nunez (principal Concertgebouw Amsterdam); Flute Concerto perf. by Jaime Martin; Serenade for Wind Octet perf. by soloists from the orchestra. Music producer Andrew Keener, location sound engineering Erdo Groot and Roger de Schot from Polyhymnia, supervising producer Job Maarse for Pentatone. Editing Baarn Studios Netherlands.

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Jaime Martin, flute (on Concerto for Flute, Op. 493a)
Gustavo Nunez, bassoon (on Concerto for Bassoon, Op. 607)
Andrew Marriner, clarinet (on Concerto for Clarinet)
Sir Neville Marriner, conductor

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