Kinan Azmeh - Uneven Sky (2019)

Tracklist
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CD1
01. Suite for Improvisor & Orchestra: I. Love on 139th Street in D
02. Suite for Improvisor & Orchestra: II. November 22nd
03. Suite for Improvisor & Orchestra: III. Wedding
04. Ibn Arabi Suite: I. Prelude
05. Ibn Arabi Suite: II. Recitation
06. Ibn Arabi Suite: III. Postlude
07. The Fence, the Rooftop, and the Distant Sea: I. Prologue
08. The Fence, the Rooftop, and the Distant Sea: II. Ammonite
09. The Fence, the Rooftop, and the Distant Sea: III. Monologue
10. The Fence, the Rooftop, and the Distant Sea: IV. Dance
11. The Fence, the Rooftop, and the Distant Sea: V. Epilogue

CD2
01. Clarinet Concerto "Adrift on the Wine-Dark Sea"
02. Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra
03. Suite for Clarinet & Orchestra "Paroles": I. Parole des abimes au soleil
04. Suite for Clarinet & Orchestra "Paroles": II. Parole de l'arbre au vent
05. Suite for Clarinet & Orchestra "Paroles": III. Parole du matin à la rose

This long-expected new double album presents Kinan Azmeh as composer, soloist and outstanding improvisator together with the Grammy-awarded Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conducted by Manuel Nawri. One album presents Kinan as interpreter of his own music while the second album presents three clarinet concertos that were written for him by the Syrian composers Kareem Roustom, Zaid Jabri and Dia Succari. Finally it presents the most recent of Azmeh’s works, The Fence, the Rooftop and the Distant Sea, a duo for clarinet and cello written for himself and Yo-Yo Ma, commissioned by the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and first performed there in January 2017. Hailed as a virtuoso and “intensely soulful” by the New York Times, “Spellbinding” and “Brilliant” by the New Yorker, and “Incredibly rich sound” by the CBC, Kinan Azmeh’s utterly distinctive sound across musical genres has gained him international recognition as clarinetist and composer.

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