Andrew Sparling, clarinet

A recital of pieces written for, and by composers associated with, clarinettist Andrew Sparling: Diana Burrell's quintet Double Image; Chris Sansom's theatrical Music From the Heart of a Dog, for bass clarinet and pre-recorded track; and works featuring clarinet by Michael Finnissy, Roger Redgate, Howard Skempton, Michael Parsons, Timothy Salter, Gabriel Jackson and Nick Hayes, and including Laurence Crane's duo for clarinet and guitar, Sparling.

"This disc shows off the clarinet-playing and unusual musical tastes of a familiar figure on the contemporary scene ... The stylistic range is from the jazziness of Nick Hayes' Tongue-Dog to the modernism of Roger Redgate's +R and Michael Finnissy's folkish Uzundara."
The Sunday Times 2004

Andrew Sparling, Thalia Myers, Double Image - Andrew Sparling, clarinet (NMC D092)

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1.		Andrew Sparling, bass clarinet/ Miriam Lowbury, cello/ Antony Gray, piano - Hayes: Tongue-Dog	5m 26s
2.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in B-flat - Redgate: +R	10m 14s
3.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in A/ Thalia Myers, piano - Salter: Mondrian Pictures: Sheepfold in the evening	4m 8s
4.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in A/ Thalia Myers, piano - Salter: Mondrian Pictures: Composition of Lines and Colour III	2m 44s
5.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in A/ Thalia Myers, piano - Salter: Mondrian Pictures: Grey Tree	2m 39s
6.		Andrew Sparling, bass clarinet/ Chris Brannick, percussion - Parsons: Two Macedonian Songs: Kucinata	2m 36s
7.		Andrew Sparling, bass clarinet/ Chris Brannick, percussion - Parsons: Two Macedonian Songs: Nani mi marice	3m 26s
8.		Double Image: Andrew Sparling, cl/ Carola Nielinger, fl/ Caroline Balding, vn/ Miriam Lowbury, vc/ David Carhart, pf - Burrell: Double Image - I	4m 52s
9.		Double Image: Andrew Sparling, cl/ Carola Nielinger, fl/ Caroline Balding, vn/ Miriam Lowbury, vc/ David Carhart, pf - Burrell: Double Image - II	6m 25s
10.		Andrew Sparling, bass clarinet - Sansom: Music from the Heart of a Dog	7m 3s
11.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in E-flat/ Thalia Myers, piano - Jackson: The White Bird	8m 21s
12.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in B-flat/ Caroline Balding, vn/ Miriam Lowbury, vc - Skempton: Air Melody	1m 36s
13.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in A/ Nancy Ruffer, flute - Skempton: Kettle's Yard Canon	1m 36s
14.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in B-flat - Finnissy: Uzundara	8m 33s
15.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in B-flat/ Alan Thomas, guitar - Crane: Sparling	5m 31s

Andrew Sparling, Thalia Myers, Double Image - Andrew Sparling, clarinet (NMC D092)

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1.		Andrew Sparling, bass clarinet/ Miriam Lowbury, cello/ Antony Gray, piano - Hayes: Tongue-Dog
2.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in B-flat - Redgate: +R
3.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in A/ Thalia Myers, piano - Salter: Mondrian Pictures: Sheepfold in the evening
4.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in A/ Thalia Myers, piano - Salter: Mondrian Pictures: Composition of Lines and Colour III
5.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in A/ Thalia Myers, piano - Salter: Mondrian Pictures: Grey Tree
6.		Andrew Sparling, bass clarinet/ Chris Brannick, percussion - Parsons: Two Macedonian Songs: Kucinata
7.		Andrew Sparling, bass clarinet/ Chris Brannick, percussion - Parsons: Two Macedonian Songs: Nani mi marice
8.		Double Image: Andrew Sparling, cl/ Carola Nielinger, fl/ Caroline Balding, vn/ Miriam Lowbury, vc/ David Carhart, pf - Burrell: Double Image - I
9.		Double Image: Andrew Sparling, cl/ Carola Nielinger, fl/ Caroline Balding, vn/ Miriam Lowbury, vc/ David Carhart, pf - Burrell: Double Image - II
10.		Andrew Sparling, bass clarinet - Sansom: Music from the Heart of a Dog
11.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in E-flat/ Thalia Myers, piano - Jackson: The White Bird
12.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in B-flat/ Caroline Balding, vn/ Miriam Lowbury, vc - Skempton: Air Melody
13.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in A/ Nancy Ruffer, flute - Skempton: Kettle's Yard Canon
14.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in B-flat - Finnissy: Uzundara
15.		Andrew Sparling, clarinet in B-flat/ Alan Thomas, guitar - Crane: Sparling

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