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Author: SamKaestner
Date: 2008-03-17 13:50
If anyone is interested, my clarinet quartet, The Academy Clarinet Quartet from the West Point Band has our CD available for free download. Just go here:
http://www.usma.edu/band/recordings/acq.htm
Track info is below.
Enjoy,
--Sam
Quartet No. 10 in Eb, Op. 74 (1809) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
arr. SFC John Parrette
Poco adagio - Allegro (8:11)
Adagio ma non troppo (8:21)
Presto - Più presto quasi prestissimo (4:35)
Allegretto con Variazione (7:28)
Quartet No. 2, Op. 17 (1917) Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
arr. SSG Samuel Kaestner
Moderato (9:21)
Allegro molto capriccioso (8:10)
Lento (9:12)
Academy Clarinet Quartet
MSG Rachel Grasso, third clarinet
SFC Shawn Herndon, second clarinet
SFC John Parrette, first clarinet
SSG Samuel Kaestner, bass clarinet
Sam Kaestner
West Point Band Clarinetist
www.samkaestner.com
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Author: crnichols
Date: 2008-03-17 14:12
Beautiful playing! I'm so happy to hear string quartets performed by a fine clarinet quartet.
Christopher Nichols, D.M.A.
Assistant Professor of Clarinet
University of Delaware
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Author: DavidBlumberg
Date: 2008-03-17 18:44
Sam, nice arrangement!
David Jones did the exact same Bartok arrangment that the Army Field Band Quartet played at ClarFest when it was in MD (Va possibly) a while back.
I have a recording of them doing it and it sounds identical though the speeds are quicker for the Allegro molto capriccioso ( 7:31 )
Then again the quartet is the quartet so the notes would be the same.
That mvt is fun to work out to.
Great stuff!
http://www.SkypeClarinetLessons.com
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Author: glin
Date: 2008-03-18 21:34
David,
Do you mean Brian Jones instead of David Jones?
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Author: SamKaestner
Date: 2008-03-26 02:09
Thanks so much for all the positive feedback.
We are expecting to receive our first commission later this week, a clarinet quartet by Dana Wilson. We will be giving its first performance at the Oklahoma Clarinet Symposium this summer. Hopefully we will have a chance to do a studio recording of the new work later this year as well.
Sam Kaestner
West Point Band Clarinetist
www.samkaestner.com
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Author: complementinversion
Date: 2008-04-02 17:58
A bit of a late reply sorry (only just joined the forum, first post). Really enjoyed your version of the Bartok quartet, prefer it to most string performances I have heard (but then I am biased toward woodwind
Thanks for putting it up for download (will have to check the beethoven too).
I posted it on my blog (hope you dont mind, will remove it if you do) also linked it to a lecture about Bartok`s second quartet from Gresham College
http://complementinversion.blogspot.com/2008/04/bartok-quartet-no2-clarinets-us.html
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Author: Old Geezer
Date: 2008-04-02 21:55
You guys play OK! Having the viola part done by an A clarinet is a neat idea.
The Bartok suits such an arrangment best. You guys are living in clarinet heaven...with a pension too!
Good luck and thanks for the download!!
Clarinet Redux
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