Catalogue | Chamber Music

Presenting works by German, French and British composers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Arthur Campbell and Helen Marlais (piano) exhibit the enormous dynamic and sonic spectrum of the clarinet. At the heart of this recording are the late works of the three French composers Claude Debussy, Camille Saint-Saëns and Francis Poulenc, who demonstrate equally the gentle and velvety character of the clarinet and the powerful, sometimes penetrating sound of the instrument. The increasing virtuosity which composers demanded from the clarinet during the course of the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries is impressively demonstrated in the final movements of the works on this disc by Robert Schumann, Francis Poulenc and Malcolm Arnold.

Arthur Campbell was born in Canada and studied at the Northwestern University in Michigan, USA, where he was taught by the renowned clarinettist and pedagogue Robert Marcellus. He has won numerous international and national competitions, including the International Clarinet Competition and the National Music Festival of Canada. An internationally sought-after clarinet virtuoso, Arthur Campbell has toured throughout the USA, Canada, Europe and Asia. He regularly presents international masterclasses at universities, conservatoires and conventions. Arthur Campbell was appointed professor at the Grand Valley State University in Michigan, where he has been teaching a class of clarinet students from across the globe.

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  Fanfare | 08.08.2012 | Richard A. Kaplan | August 8, 2012

  Arthur Campbell (not to be confused with clarinetists James Campbell or David Campbell) is professor of clarinet at Grand Valley State University in…
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  Ensemble - Magazin für Kammermusik | 3-2012 Juni/Juli | Diether Steppuhn | January 6, 2012

  Souveräne Zurückhaltung

  Junge Musiker stürzen sich gern mit Verve in diese Musik; hier gestaltet…
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  Diverdi Magazin | n°214 (mayo 2012) | Blas Matamoro | January 5, 2012

  Una pareja bien avenida

  Un variado programa de obras para clarinete y piano en Audite

  La redonda, estricta y mixturadamente sensual/heroica sonoridad del clarinete ha venido seduciendo a los músicos, al menos desde el rococó. Canta…
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  Fono Forum | Mai 2012 | Clemens Haustein | January 5, 2012

  Sonaten-Miteinander

  Bei Duo-Sonaten unter Beteiligung von Klavier und einem "solistischen" Instrument stellt sich immer die Frage, wie sehr sich dieses "solistische"…
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  Fono Forum | Mai 2012 | Clemens Haustein | January 5, 2012

  Sonaten-Miteinander ("Sonata Togetherness")

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  For duo-sonatas with a piano and a ‘soloist’ instrument, the question always arises of how much the ‘solo’ instrument holds back, adapts to…
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  Stereo | 5/2012 | Clemens Haustein | January 5, 2012

  Bei Duo-Sonaten unter Beteiligung von Klavier und einem "solistischen"…
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  International Record Review | April 2012 | Raymond S. Tuttle | January 4, 2012

  Arthur Campbell and Helen Marlais are husband and wife and both are on the teaching faculty at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids,…
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  Pizzicato | N° 222 - 4/2012 | RéF | January 4, 2012

  Klangbilder

  Nach der Einspielung von Brahms Werken im Jahre 2007 (Supersonic im Pizzicato), setzt der amerikanische Klarinettenvirtuose Arthur Campbell seine…
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  Pizzicato | N° 222 - 4/2012 | RéF | November 30, 1999

  Klangbilder ("Tone Pictures")

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  After the recording of Brahms works in 2007 (Supersonic im Pizzicato), the American clarinet virtuoso Arthur Campbell continues his collaboration with…