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And if anyone brings more wit and bucolic charm to the Weber Clarinet Quintet than Campbell, the name escapes this listener. LOS ANGELES TIMES (with The Allegri String Quartet)
But Campbell earned special praise for his flawless sense of timing, his gorgeous exploration of the soft register and his dramatic yet harmonically lucid performance of the clarinet's Gypsy-like solos in the slow movement. THE GLOBE AND MAIL (Toronto) (with the Penderecki Quartet)
Campbell met the quartet on its own high-energy, lushly romantic ground in the Brahms Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115. His mellow, penetrating sound meshed elegantly with the strings.
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES (with The Colorado String Quartet)
with symphony...
His sound is like summer ... relaxed, yet exciting; sensual, hot and compelling.
THE RECORD (Kitchener, ON)
The solo part of the Clarinet Concerto provided no surprises, for this is an area in which Campbell has few peers. THE GLOBE AND MAIL (Toronto)
Campbell made the solo part flow like oil on untroubled water. This was virtuoso clarinet playing of an unusually high order. THE CITIZEN (Ottawa)
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Campbell flies up and down the clarinet's register, making it seem easy: some of his top notes are sublime. This is a performance to rank with the best.
GRAMOPHONE (Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op. 115, with the Allegri Quartet, Cala Records)
named "Top Choice" by BBC Radio 3
James Campbell's opening phrase a whole Romantic dream in one breath promises poignant delights, and the entire performance fulfills the promise. In its exquisite twilit vein, it has no competitors.
FINANCIAL TIMES (Brahms Clarinet Quintet, in B minor, Op. 115, with the Allegri Quartet, Cala Records)
James Campbell and Leonard Hokanson's recording of these two famous repertoire works is a landmark in interpretation and technical skills. Throughout the performance, both artists blend and melt the phrases in continuous musical bondage.
CLARINET AND SAXOPHONE SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
(Brahms and Jenner Clarinet Sonatas, Marquis Classics)
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