"The doyenne of English clarinettists, Dame Thea King was a greatly loved and respected artist who enjoyed a varied career as soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player and teacher. She appeared at all the major festivals in Britain, and also in Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Brazil and the USA, frequently as soloist with the English Chamber Orchestra for whom she played principal clarinet. Her solo recordings feature nineteenth-century repertoire and British music of this century (many were première recordings), including a recent issue of Britten's posthumously published Concerto Movement, together with concertos by Malcolm Arnold and Elizabeth Maconchy. Her versions of Mozart and Brahms have often been the preferred choice of critics in both broadcast and magazine reviews. (...) Dame Thea King died on 26 June 2007." (Hyperion)
`The contrast is striking. Stanfords Clarinet Concerto may be the more solidly constructed and efficiently crafted work, but compared with Finzis vitality, expressive subtlety and long-breathed lyrical charm, its rarely more than a worthy effort. Thea Kings shaping and colouring of Finzis almost improvisatory melodic lines is more deeply persuasive than any other recorded version I know touching without being sentimental. As for the Stanford, Ill just say that Kings playing suggests she likes it more than I did. Neither recording sounds quite as fresh and clear as they did when they first appeared, 20 years ago, but theyre still more than serviceable`.
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