Sharon Kam Portrait - Virtuose Klarinettenmusik Sharon Kam

• 1 Nacqui all'affano 07:01
• 2 No. 6, Valse sentimentale 02:05
• 3 IV. Poco allegretto 09:51
• 4 III. Ad una stella 02:30
• 5 Ore dolci e divine 04:48
• 6 II. Allegro appassionato 05:12
• 7 Danza napolitana 04:09
• 8 I. Allegro in B Minor 13:18
• 9 Syncopation 02:06
• 10 No. 3, Brazileira 02:14
• 11 IV. Allegretto con variazioni 09:12
• Total Runtime 01:02:26

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A magic clarinetist: Sharon Kam has been one of the world's leading clarinettists for over 20 years. She was acclaimed the 'supernova among the star clarinettists' (Fono Forum), coaxing 'such lovely soft tones' (WAZ) from her instrument in a way rarely matched by her rivals. Kam already has an impressive catalogue covering a wide repertoire. Her CDs for Berlin Classics are enough to prove her connoisseurship and the great talent of playing major works for clarinet with the same consummate skill as unusual arrangements for the instrument. Sharon Kam works with all the most important orchestras and is also a highly regarded chamber player.

The Israeli-born artist has a special affinity with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his works for clarinet. This 'Portrait' CD presents the fourth movement of Mozart's famous Clarinet quintet. It is joined by excerpts from the quintets of Johannes Brahms and Max Reger. The playful humour and high-octane virtuosity with which Sharon Kam plays Milhaud's Brasileira from 'Scaramouche' and the finale from the second act of Rossini's 'Cenerentola' in an arrangement for clarinet and orchestra is, in a word, sensational.

Further settings for clarinet and orchestra of works by Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini, a Fritz Kreisler rarity ('Syncopation'), a heartfelt 'Valse sentimentale' by Tchaikovsky, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's 'Danza napolitana' and the wonderful second movement of Brahms's Clarinet Sonata op. 115 round off this very special CD: a musical journey of discovery into the magical sound world of the clarinet.

Sharon Kam, clarinet, bass clarinet
Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Ruben Gazarian, conductor (Tracks 1, 4, 5, 7)
Isabelle van Keulen, violin
Ulrike-Anima Mathé, violin
Volker Jacobsen, viola
Gustav Rivinius, violoncello (Tracks 3, 8, 11)
Martin Helmchen, piano (Track 6)
Itamar Golan, piano (Tracks 2, 9, 10)

Sharon Kam
is one of the world’s leading clarinet soloists and has been working with renowned orchestras in the United States, Europe, and Japan for over 20 years. Mozart’s clarinet masterpieces have been an object of artistic focus for Ms. Kam since the beginning of her career. At the age of 16, she performed the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in her orchestral debut with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Zubin Mehta. A short time later, she performed the Clarinet Quintet with the Guarneri String Quartet in Carnegie Hall, New York.

As part of Mozart’s 250th birthday celebrations at the National Theatre in Prague, her interpretation of the Mozart concerto was televised live in 33 countries and is available on DVD. In the same year, she was able to realize her longtime dream of recording the Concerto and the Clarinet Quintet using the basset clarinet. Contributing to the widely praised disc were eminent string players Isabelle van Keulen, Ulrike-Anima Mathé, Volker Jacobsen and Gustav Rivinus, as well as the Haydn Philharmonie.

As a passionate chamber musician, Sharon Kam regularly works with artists such as Lars Vogt, Christian Tetzla , Enrico Pace, Daniel Müller-Schott, Leif Ove Andsnes, Carolin Widmann and the Jerusalem Quartet. She is a frequent guest at festivals in Schleswig-Holstein, Heimbach, Rheingau, Risør, Cork, Verbier, and Del , as well as the Schubertiade festival. She is also an active performer of contemporary music and has premiered works by Krzysztof Penderecki (the Clarinet Concerto and Clarinet Quartet), Herbert Willi (the Clarinet Concerto, at the Salzburg Festival), Iván Erőd and Peter Ruzicka (at Donaueschingen).

Sharon Kam feels at home in a variety of musical genres – from classical to modern music and jazz – a fact reected in her diverse discography. She received the ECHO “Instrumentalist of the Year” award two times: in 1998, for her Weber recording with the Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig and Kurt Masur, and in 2006, for her CD with the Leipzig Radio Orchestra featuring works by Spohr, Weber, Rossini and Mendelssohn. Her “American Classics” disc with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by her husband Gregor Bühl, was awarded the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik Prize.

Her most recent recording is a CD entitled “Opera!” The critically acclaimed disc includes transcriptions of operatic arias by composers ranging from Rossini and Puccini to Wolf-Ferrari arranged for clarinet and chamber orchestra. The release was accompanied by an inaugural tour featuring Ms. Kam with the Württembergisches Kammerorchester, conducted by Ruben Gazarian. To mark the 100th anniversary of Max Reger’s death in 2016, her chamber music partners from her Mozart recording rejoined to record the clarinet quintets by Reger and Brahms.

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