Klarinet Archive - Posting 000865.txt from 2002/10

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Beethoven "clarinet" concerto
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:27:45 -0500

On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, William Wright wrote:

> <><> Joseph Wakeling wrote:
> Surely the obvious reverse arrangements are the viola versions of the
> Brahms clarinet sonatas.
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> I assume that such viola recordings exist --- my shallow musical
> education is showing again. I'm off to the store to see if they do.
> Thanks.

The viola versions of Op 120 Nos 1 & 2 are by Brahms himself if my memory
serves right, so the "reverse arrangements" theory is _not_0 so obvious.

Bill - there are a selection CDs of Op. 120 Nos 1 & 2 for Viola. In fact,
if you talk to a viola player and mention Brahms, they'll wax ecstatic
over the 2 "Viola" sonatas ... and they'll appear on most recordings of
viola music.

If you bemoan the lack of classical repertoire for the clarinet, look at a
viola music catalog someday ...

Mark C.

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