Various - Liquid Melancholy: Clarinet Music of James M. Stephenson

Liquid Melancholy, featuring virtuoso clarinettist John Bruce Yeh of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, exudes a kaleidoscope of colours 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'.