Stephenson: Liquid Melancholy, Yeh (CD)

Liquid Melancholy, featuring virtuoso clarinetist John Bruce Yeh of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, exudes a kaleidoscope of colors and moods while showering listeners with attractive melodies in a program of music by James M. Stephenson, one of America’s most popular and prolific present-day composers. The Boston Herald has praised Stephenson’s “straightforward, unabashedly beautiful sounds.” The Minnesota Star Tribune calls him “a composer of real talent.”

Stephenson Liquid Melancholy
Vladimir Kulenovic conductor
John Bruce Yeh clarinet
Lake Forest Symphony
May 2017, James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, Grayslake

Stephenson Colors
Alex Klein oboe
John Bruce Yeh clarinet
Chicago Pro Musica
May 2017, James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, Grayslake

Stephenson Last Chants
John Bruce Yeh clarinet
Patrick Godon piano
Chicago Pro Musica

Stephenson Fantasie
John Bruce Yeh clarinet
Patrick Godon piano

Stephenson Étude Caprice
John Bruce Yeh clarinet
Patrick Godon piano

Stephenson Clarinet Sonata
John Bruce Yeh clarinet
Patrick Godon piano
May 2017, James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts, Grayslake

Discs: 1
Record Label: Cedille Records
Release Date: May 11, 2018