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Author: wjk
Date: 2006-02-05 03:49
The waltzes from R Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier are beautiful and have some nice clarinet parts. Can anyone recommend a favorite recording or performance/performer? Is there sheet music readily available?
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Author: larryb
Date: 2006-02-05 04:19
Orchestral excerpts from Strauss operas (including Der Rosenkavalier) were published by Fuerstner in 6 volumes. Otherwise you can probably buy the complete clarinet parts from Kalmus.
The 1954 recording on Decca by Kleiber with the Vienna Phil, Riening, Jurinac, Gueden, et al is considered one of the best.
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2006-02-05 05:43
Mark's link is to the complete opera. For that, it looks to me as though $40 is the price of a single clarinet part, in which case, given that Strauss calls for four clarinets, a full set of clarinet parts would be $160. The price for a full set of performance parts (presumably all instruments, but not the vocal score) is $1,400 (ouch).
Strauss arranged two waltz "sequences" from the opera but both appear to be rental only. Luck's lists the second as permanently out of print and does not even mention the first. Luck's does, however, have a suite of waltzes arranged by Doebber and Singer:
http://www.lucksmusiclibrary.com/cat-symph/showdetailMain.asp?CatalogNo=07685
This calls for 2 clarinets and individual parts sell for $2.50. It might suffice.
Kalmus has the same arrangement with the same price for individual parts.
http://www.kalmus-music.com/action.lasso?-database=Kalorch&-layout=Layout%20%234&-response=Kalorchdetail.lasso&-recordID=38579&-search
Strauss also did an orchestral suite from the opera but, from the information at Luck's, that also appears to be rental only. There are a couple of other Suites arranged by other composers that are availiable for sale and the parts are inexpensive.
Strauss' two waltz sequences have been recorded a number of times. You can find a variety at Amazon.com. Given the music, my guess is that any recording with decent sound will be enjoyable. Naxos has recorded both sequences. Unfortunately, they are on separate CD's. I listened to parts of both from their website. They sounded fine to me.
Best regards,
jnk
Post Edited (2006-02-05 05:48)
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2006-02-05 14:30
Yes WJK, IMHO, the Der R K waltzes are remarkadly beautiful, among the best ever composed. Several years ago, I and our Tulsa Community Band became intrigued, wanting to tackle such a difficult work, after hearing the Tallahassee Winds' performance CD of it, in which a LONG-TIME close friend, and student of our conductor, Dan Oberlin [an occassional poster here] played the solo Cl part. With the great help of Ken Kolb, we were able to borrow an Air Force arrangement for band, [by Calliet, I believe], reh it and play it "fairly well" . Since then I have copied onto cassettes, several arr's [for orch] from classical FM playings, and have a Phila. Orch, Ormandy, 33 of it, ML 5177, [Several R Strauss works, incl. Don Juan] which is hard to surpass. Try it, well worth time and cost. It, along with Bizet's L' Arlesienne I and II, are my long time Favs. Listen and play, Don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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