Klarinet Archive - Posting 000017.txt from 2009/02

From: Kennen White <white1kd@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] American Clarinet Sonatas
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:16:31 -0500

Michael,
I have a forthcoming CD that includes the two Clarinet Sonatas by
American Composer Alvin Etler (as well as his 2nd WW quintet and some
other chamber works). It will be released on Centaur Records sometime
in the next month or so. Both of Etler's sonatas are strong works.
They are quite different in style.

Kennen White
white1kd@-----.edu

> On Feb 2, 2009, at 5:01 AM, klarinet-digest-help@-----.org
> wrote:Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 08:47:51 -0000

>
> To: <klarinet@-----.org>
> From: "Michael Bryant (TT)" <michaelbryant@-----.net>
> Subject: Edward Burlingame Hill and Leo Sowerby
> Message-ID: <52FF78D91A8244C2AA9C0CFAFA4F4016@m54b8bbb0f9494>
>
> I would be interested to hear from anyone who has views on the
> Clarinet
> Sonatas by Edward Burlinghame Hill (1927) and Leo Sowerby (1938), as
> yet not
> heard or seen, except for annotations by Maurice Hinson, Arthur Cohn
> and
> Burnet Tuthill. The Hill Sonata does not appear to be available for
> purchase, though locatable in US libraries using the 'Worldcat'
> database. I
> have been looking for high quality works for clarinet and piano by
> American
> or US-domiciled composers. The choice by leading American
> clarinettists, who
> have recorded recitals with piano, (LP era included), appears to be
> restricted to a small handful of their countrymen's works, not
> counting
> those by living composers, recorded once, usually for the benefit of
> the
> composers. Does this suggest (please forgive me) a shortage or
> conservatism?
> Many thanks.
> MB

I have a forthcoming recording that includes the two Clarinet Sonatas
by Alvin Etler (as well as his 2nd WW quintet and some other chamber
works). It will be released on Centaur Records sometime in the next
month or so.

Kennen White

>

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