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Re: String sonatas with clarinet

Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2015-08-27 01:43

Schubert's Sonata for Arpeggione works beautifully on clarinet (and even better on bass clarinet). Simeon Bellison published an edition, still available from Carl Fischer, I think.

Fritz Kreisler wrote many encore pieces, which he published under the names of baroque era composers. Maybe half of them work for clarinet. Be sure to listen to Kreisler's inimitable recordings to learn the style.

Most string instrument sonatas (Beethoven, Brahms) can be adapted, at least in part, for clarinet. This also teaches you to play with the emotional impact of the great string players. Play, for example, the opening of the Brahms Violin Sonata #3 http://imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Sonata_No.3,_Op.108_%28Brahms,_Johannes%29. Then listen to the intensity of a great player and learn to match it. I suggest the recording by Paul Kochanski and Arthur Rubinstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4qctb40WpY.

Ken Shaw

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