Julian Bliss, Baylor University Wind Ensemble, J. Eric Wilson – Divine Mischief (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:25 minutes | 1,05 GB | Genre: Classical
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Clarinetist Julian Bliss is a versatile player who has performed concertos, chamber music with various top players, and jazz with his Julian Bliss Septet. He is also the designer of the Bliss Clarinet, marketed by the Leblanc line of the Conn-Selmer instrument maker. Bliss was born in St. Albans or Harpenden (the two towns are adjacent) in England’s Hertfordshire region in 1989. He was a child prodigy. Bliss’ family was not musical, but when he was four, his parents took him to a music shop, and he immediately settled on the clarinet; he was given a Lyons C clarinet made for children. By five, he was already appearing on television, and at six, he was invited to play at Buckingham Palace.
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Julian Bliss, Mario Venzago, Royal Northern Sinfonia – Nielsen & Mozart: Clarinet Concertos (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:30 minutes | 455 MB | Genre: Classical
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Julian Bliss performs the Clarinet Concertos of Mozart and Nielsen – often thought of as the two greatest such works in the repertoire, twin examples of what can be achieved by composers who have been truly inspired to write for the clarinet, using its uniquely expressive qualities to produce enduring and comprehensively masterly compositions.
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Julian Bliss – Mackey: Asphalt Cocktail | Whitacre: October | Ticheli: Blue Shades (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 22:47 minutes | 223 MB | Genre: Classical
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During the first lock-down I decided to record some more multi-track pieces, but wanted to do something a little bit different. Over the last decade I’ve become increasingly more involved in the American band world, and have grown more familiar with the repertoire: if you were in a band at school you may already have performed these three pieces, or others by the composers.
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Julian Bliss – Julian Bliss: A Tribute to Benny Goodman (2012)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 50:01 minutes | 503 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Recreating the exciting sound of swing from the 30’s and 40’s, Julian Bliss’s dynamic virtuosity leads his sextet through some of the great tunes of the swing era, staying true to the authentic feel but naturally with a modern twist.
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Christopher Glynn, Sir John Tomlinson, Sophie Bevan, Julian Bliss, Alec Frank-Gemmill – Schubert: Swansong (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:40 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Classical
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Christopher Glynn continues his series of late Schubert song cycles in English, joined by celebrated soloists Sir John Tomlinson, Sophie Bevan, Julian Bliss and Alec Frank-Gemmill.
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Carducci String Quartet & Julian Bliss – Mozart & Weber: Clarinet Quintets (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:50 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Classical
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Julian Bliss joins the Carducci String Quartet in performances of two seminal works – Weber’s Clarinet Quintet in B flat Major, Op. 34 and Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K.581.
Both Mozart and Weber were inspired by the artistry of performers of their day (Anton Stadler in Mozart’s case, and Heinrich Baermann in Weber’s). Their technical prowess, tonal quality and imaginative range allowed each composer to expand the clarinet repertoire with these works, which remain pre-eminent in the genre.
This is the second recording collaboration between Bliss and the Carducci String Quartet, following the 2016 release of David Bruce’s Gumboots and Brahms’s Clarinet Quintet: “Here’s a double delight.
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