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Author: Cass Tech
Date: 2007-11-28 16:24
Having recently returned to the clarinet after a twenty-year break, I'm tootling away and listening to a lot of great music (with another set of ears, as one of my clarinet buddies would say), including clarinet music, of course. Here's a list of my favorites:
1. Mozart Concerto
a. Leister and Karajan
b. Marcellus and Szell
2. Mozart Quintet
a. Schiffrin and Emerson
b. Leister and Berlin Ensemble
3. Mozart Trio (don't have a recording, any suggestions?)
4. Brahms Quintet
a. Niedich and Juilliard
b. Schiffrin and Emerson
c. Leister and Berlin Ensemble (or old Amadeus version)
5. Brahms Sonatas
a. Cohen and Ashkenazy
c. Schiffrin
6. Brahms Trio
a. Schiffrin
7. Reger Sonata #3
a. Chen-Zion and Ishay
8. Debussy Rhapsody
a. Cohen and Boulez/Cleveland
9. Nielson Concerto
a. Schill
10. Bartok Contrasts
a. Schiffrin
b. Damien
11. Stravinsky Three Pieces
a. Paul Meyer
12. Stravinsky Soldier's Tale
a. Boulez and Cleveland (Cohen on clarinet)
13. Corigliano Concerto
a. Drucker and New York
(I don't have recordings of Weber and Spohr, so they haven't been included.)
In addition to the above-mentioned essentials, here are a few fascinating options:
1. Lindberg Concerto
a. Kirru
2. Hakola Concerto
a. Kirru
3. Penderecki Concerto
a. Ashkenazy
4. 20th century solo works (Jolivet, etc.)
a. Paul Meyer
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Author: Ed
Date: 2007-11-28 19:14
Go to
http://www.bostonrecords.com/servlet/Categories?category=Clarinet
and check out the recordings by the late Harold Wright. You'll find some of the finest music making on the clarinet by a wonderful artist.
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Author: Cass Tech
Date: 2007-11-28 19:21
Ed:
Thanks for the website. I also admire his musicianship and used to have his Brahms' Sonatas with Peter Serkin.
Cass Tech (aka leatherlip)
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Author: Iceland clarinet
Date: 2007-11-28 19:45
I would not choose the recordings on your list sorry. I would recoment Gervase de Peyer and Daniel Barenboim for the Brahms sonatas,George Pieterson,John McCaw,Walter Boeykens,Reginald Kell,Harmen de Boer(listen to his version of the Mozart concerto with the Amsterdam sinfonietta) this is just to name few. I really don't dislike any of the players on your list but Karl Leister is so not to my liking it's just he only gets one color out of hist clarinet and maybe a bit shades of that color not much else.
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Author: DaveF
Date: 2007-11-28 23:13
There's going to be a lot of personal opinions here on favorite recordings..........However, you asked for a recommendation on the Mozart Kegelstadt Trio. I love Stoltzman's, with Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma (yes, playing the viola part on cello). It includes the Brahms Trio and Beethoven Op. 11 Trio. What great chamber music playing by consummate musicians.
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Author: davyd
Date: 2007-11-29 03:38
I don't know if any of these are "essential", but I've enjoyed them.
Krommer: Quintet, op. 92
Mares, with the Stamic quartet
Bloch: Shelomo
Feidman/Radio Philharmonie Hannover/Shambadal
Mendelssohn: Concert pieces
Stalder (clarinet), Leuthold (basset horn), Vintschger (piano)
Debussy/Howland: Petite suite
Walter Boeykens clarinet choir
Mozart: Adagios, K. 411 and K. 580a
Swiss clarinet players
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Author: brycon
Date: 2007-11-29 04:42
Maybe a few more to add:
Eric Hoeprich: Mozart Concerto and Quintet on period instrument
Charles Neidich: Rossini Variations, Weber Concertos
Harold Wright: Brahms Sonatas with Serkin
Guy Deplus: Messiaen Quatuor pour le fin de Temps (Paul Meyer's is also very good)
And although it isn't solo literature, the Cleveland Orchestra/Szell recordings of Brahms and Beethoven symphonies are great
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Author: Cass Tech
Date: 2007-11-29 15:38
Dave F: Thanks for Mozart Trio suggestion.
Steve: Thanks for Weber website.
Brycon: Thanks for the suggestions. Orchestral Literature featuring the clarinet is a fine addition. I would add all the recordings of Szell and Cleveland and those of Pierre Boulez. For my money, Szell is the greatest conductor of eighteenth and nineteenth century orchestral music and Boulez is the greatest conductor of twentieth century music.
Iceland clarinet: We might not share the same tastes in schools of clarinet sound, but you certainly have good taste in mouthpieces. (i.e. W.G.)
davyd: Thanks for your suggestions. What a extraordinary idea to play Bloch's Schelomo on the clarinet! Does anyone know whether there is a transcription available for clarinet and piano?
Cass Tech (aka leatherlip)
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2007-11-29 16:09
Feidman plays Schelomo on the bass clarinet. I don' think it would work very well on the soprano. It wouldn't surprise me to learn that he simply read from the cello part. I've not been able to find a transcription (which is no proof that one doesn't exist). I keep expecting to see it turn up on Alea Publishing's list -- they've done some other standard cello literature, including the Bruch, "Kol Nidrei" but, AFAIK, not Schelomo.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: Cass Tech
Date: 2007-11-29 16:48
Thanks, Jack. It does make more sense on bass.
Cass Tech (aka leatherlip)
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Author: Mags1957
Date: 2007-11-29 18:29
My favorite Mozart trio is Harold Wright with Samuel Rhodes and Gilbert Kalish. I think you can get it on the website mentioned above. Some other favorites:
Copland Concerto:
a) Shifrin
b) Manasse
Debussy Rhapsody:
James Campbell and Simon/Philharmonia
Stamitz
Meyer and Brown/ St. Martin
Finzi Concerto:
a) Marriner and Marriner/St. Martin's
b) Collins and Hickox/City of London Symphonia
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Author: rtmyth
Date: 2007-11-29 18:58
Great listings. I would add Steve Girko , Gigliotti, Ralph Mclane......The list goes on and on, and could include many more from around the world, past and present. .
richard smith
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Author: eefer ★2017
Date: 2007-11-29 22:57
The absolute best recordings of Weber are by Jon Manasse (XLNT Records).
It is a 2 disc set, sold seperately and can be had at <www.walkingfrog.com>. The artistry will make you cry......REAL dynamics, very QUIET breathing, etc.
Nancy
Nancy Buckman
AACC Symphony Orchestra
Opera AACC
Early Music Society of Northern MD
(and a lot of other ensembles, too)
nebuckman@gmail.com
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2007-11-30 05:18
I'll just add that you should also consider many of the clarinet players who play their own music and improvise. Just another approach to being a musician that is worth getting to know and listen to.
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2007-12-01 02:14
The fairly recent recording of the Nielsen by Martin Frost is PHENOMENAL.
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