Alan Hacker - A Portrait | Clarinet Classics CC0052

Alan Hacker - A Portrait

Label: Clarinet Classics

Cat No: CC0052

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 30th October 2006

Contents

About

Clarinet Classics is delighted to present a CD profile of one of the outstanding British clarinettists of the 20th century. A founder member of the Pierrot Players and the Fires of London, Alan Hacker’s playing astonished and delighted a generation of concert-goers and acted as an inspiration for many young players. He was a pioneer of the clarinet in the 60s and 70s whose impact can still be felt today.
 
Works featured are Maxwell Davies’ Hymnos – a tour-de-force in a ground breaking performance by its dedicatee, Birtwistle’s Four Interludes for a Tragedy and Maxwell Davies’ Seven Brightnesses. Also included are Birtwistle’s Three Nocturnes from a private recording issued for the first time on this CD. 
 
As well as music by members of the ‘Manchester School’ with which Alan Hacker is particularly associated, this fascinating collection also includes Crusell’s Quartet Bo. 2 in its first edition and Weber’s virtuosic Grand Duo.

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