Beautiful Music for Clarinet

[Brian]

This is as beautiful as it gets:

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Yep, love that CD.

MI, do try Bernstein's clarinet sonata. You'll like it quite a bit.

And since we've mentioned the incredible Martin Frost, I'll put in a good word for his way with the Crusell concertos. Crusell was a good old romantic tune-spinner of the very best kind: mellow, lovely, richly beautiful scores that make you want to just lean back and say "Ahhhh...."  0:)

[stingo]

A link to the CD I mentioned earlier, now that I'm at my pc.

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[Octo_Russ]

Two of the most gorgeous Clarinet music discs below, the first is English Clarinet works, which has in my opinion the two best works ever, Vaughan Williams Six Studies On English Folksongs, and Finzi's Five Bagatelles, it also contains the Ireland Fantasy Sonata already mentioned, one of my top ten most favourite discs i own.



And a recital of French Clarinet works, less lyrical than the first disc, with more virtuoso flair, the Messager work is tremendous, both are by Victoria Soames [now called Vicoria Soames-Samek i believe].

[Mr. Darcy]

A couple of my favorite recent clarinet discs:

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And here's just one of favorite-all-around CDs (though these works are hardly "obscure") :

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[Szykneij]

Enjoying this one to brighten up a dreary morning:

Carl Maria von Weber
Concerto No. 1 in F minor for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 73
Concertino in C Minor for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 26
Quintet in B Flat Minor for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 34
David Glazer, Clarinet

Beautiful music and excellent performances by Glazer.

[Szykneij]

It should be aknowledged the Glazer recording is available on CD:

Yes, with the added bonus of the bassoon concerto.

(and a color scheme that matches your avatar nicely)   

[snyprrr]

There is an album of concertos played by Brunner, on Koch, which includes Fraincaix, etc.

[listener]

It has not been explained why the number for this Octet (803) is preceded by the letter "D, " however, when Mozart's pieces are preceded by the letter "K" (as in Serenade K361/ and the music of normal people is preceded by the letters "Op" and a period after the op: .

"K" refers to the number assigned to the works of Mozart in  a catalogue by L.R. von Köchel; "D" for the Schubert catalogue by O.E. Deutsch.  There's another set of "K" numbers, those of Scarlatti works catalogued by Ralph Kirkpatrick.  Similarly the "J" numbers for Jähn's catalogue of Weber, Wq for Wotquenne's C.P.E. Bach, etc.
op. is an abbreviation for the latin "opus" - work (noun), plural "opera".  You'll see WoO, which means "work without (ohne) Opus" for pieces catalogued outside the usual numberings (several Beethoven juvenillia and works of other composers published posthumously after the main catalogue had been set.

[PaulSC]

Thank you for this pedantic reminder of well-known musicological facts

Well-known to you?

[mc ukrneal]

Just noticed this recent release. I cannot comment on it's quality, though it got a positive review here: http://musicweb-international.com/classrev/2011/Mar11/Lyrical_clarinet_CHAN10637.htm. What interests me about it is the totally unusual range of styles and composers that are not so often put together on one disc. Thought it could be of interest to someone here.
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[Grazioso]

[mc ukrneal]

Right. I forgot about that one and I have the disc. The clarinet piece is only 7 minutes long, but it is a quite attractive music. I like the whole disc, so if you are looking for some music off the beaten track, this is a nice one.

[Grazioso]

Right. I forgot about that one and I have the disc. The clarinet piece is only 7 minutes long, but it is a quite attractive music. I like the whole disc, so if you are looking for some music off the beaten track, this is a nice one.

Interesting, too, in that it's by one of the only female orchestral composers of the Victorian Era.

[Grazioso]

And now for something completely different: Baroque clarinet.


Zefiro on Naive.

[Scarpia]

Stumbled on some fascinating music for clarinet from Tansman, the Musique for Clarinet and String Quartet, and the Musique a 6 (clarinet, piano and string quartet).  The music on this disc is mostly from Tansman's late period and is lyrical, yet spiky.  When listening to this, Tansman strikes me as being a kindred spirit to Weinberg, and sure enough when you look him up on Amazon you find the "customers also purchased" list full of Weinberg recordings. 

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[westknife]

An interesting piece I recently discovered: Schubert's The Shepherd on the Rock. The clarinet has a sort of conversation with the soprano throughout the piece.

[Szykneij]

I picked this one up after hearing Germaine Tailleferre's Arabesque played live (not by Campbell).  A nice mix of classical and jazz selections.

[Sid]

This Naxos disc has a number of works by Penderecki featuring the clarinet. It's more modernistic than Romantically beautiful, although these works are from his later "tonal" period...