Klarinet Archive - Posting 000150.txt from 1996/01

From: "francis.firth" <francis.firth@-----.UK>
Subj: Clarinet Choir Recordings (Sheridan lewis request)
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 14:34:21 -0500

First of all, thanks to all who have helped me with this.
I have now acquired the Walter Boeykens Clarinet Choir Live in
Japan. It is as good as people said. I have only one small cavill
and that is that it includes relatively little music actually
composed for clarinet choir.
I purchased it from Molenaar Edition, B.V. of Wormerveer, Hollad
who appear to ne the European supplier of Kosei.
They also had a catalogue of World Wind Music of Hilversum, also
(just) in Holland.
This included 2 CDs of the Piet Jeegers Clarinet Choir. This is a
pretty good choir but not as large (especially in the contrabass
section) as the Boeykens one.
The first CD included quite a lot composed for clarinet choir:

Contents:
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 11
Arthur Frackenphhl: Prelude and Allegro
Philip Gorden: Capriccio
Robert R. Roden: Two Water Colors
Warner Hutchinson: Suite for Clarinet Choir
Elliot Belborgo: Dodecaphonic Essay
David Uber: Parade
Claude Debussy: Petite Suite
Sammy Nestico: A Study in Contrasts
Harry Stalpers: Clownery for Clarinets
Vaclav Nelhybel: Chorale and Danza
This is entitled Piet Jeegers Clarinet Choir Vol. 1 PJ 881201

CD 2 : Piet jeegers Clarinet Choir Vol. 2 PJ 910501 consists of
more arrangements:
Wolfgang Mozart: Marriage of Figaro Overture
Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
Giaccomo Rossini: Italian in Algiers - [good for direct
comparison with Boeykens choir]
Claude Debussy: Sarabande
J. Snavely: Motif and Variations
Norman Heim: Elegy
Gordon Jacob: Introduction and Rondo
Norman Heim: Preludium and Canzona
George Handel: Overture to Julius Caesar
Bela Bartok: Roumanian Folk Dances

I hope that this is of interest to all members of the list.

Thanks again for the help,
Francis Firth
Francis.Firth@-----.uk