Clarinet

Slices: Cross-Section of Classical Music - Works for Small Ensemble by Burns, Sainsbury, Sundin, Bakker and Beeler

1 CD / Navona / 2012-07-31

Works: Reynard Burns: Carnival, for wind ensemble; Lionel Sainsbury: Soliloquy, for violin; Hákan Sundin: Daugava, for flute & clarinet; Hans Bakker: Duo for violin & clarinet; Alan Beeler: Cadenzas ...
Performers: Berger, Mark [Viola]; Hennessy, Lisa; Janecek, Ales; Muzik, Vit; Rojahn, Karolina; Talabova, Marta; Valenzuela, Yhasmin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

Slices is a handpicked selection of new chamber works by contemporary composers designed to showcase the diversity of modern music-making. The compositions featured here prove...continue...

Street Song - Music for winds by Oquin, Tilson Thomas, Lorenz, Vaughan Williams, Stravinsky, Copland / Univ. of GA Winds

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-07-31

Works: Wayne Oquin: Tower Ascending, for clarinet & band; Ricardo Lorenz: El Muro, for wind ensemble; Michael Tilson Thomas: Street Song for brass; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toccata marziale; James Mobberley:...
Performers: McClellan, D. Ray; Ritchey, Ellen; Sheludyakov, Anatoly
Conductors: Lynch, John P.
Ensemble: University of Georgia Wind Ensemble

The expressive range and versatility of the wind ensemble is exemplified in this program from one of the world's leading ensembles of its kind, which...continue...
Recording information: The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, USA (02/11/2011-02/14/2011)....continue...

Orjan Matre: Inside Out, concerto for clarinet & orchestra, et al. / Rolf Borch, clarinet

1 CD / Aurora / 2012-07-31

Works: Orjan Matre: Prologue, for clarinet; Chant, for bass clarinet & trombone; A Leaf Falls in Loneliness, for voice, clarinet, cello & electronics; Concerto for Clarinet ("Inside Out")
Performers: Augestad, Tora; Borch, Rolf [Clarinet]; Hesby, Marius; Orning, Tanja
Conductors: Mena, Juanjo
Ensemble: ; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Ferruccio Busoni: Clarinet Concertino; Flute Divertimento; Rondo arlecchinesco / Giammarco Casani, clarinet; Laura Minguzzi, flute

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-07-31

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Lustspielouvertüre, for orchestra (Comedy Overture), Op. 38, KiV 245; Gesang vom Reigen der Geister, for small orchestra (Indian Diary Book II), Op. 47, KiV 269; Rondo arlecchi...
Performers: Casani, Gianmarco; Minguzzi, Laura; Terranova, Gianluca
Conductors: Vecchia, Francesco La
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

All six of these orchestral works exemplify Busoni's personalized classicism. The Lustspiel ouvertüre (Comedy Overture) is light, and almost Mozartian in clarity, whilst Gesang vom...continue...

David Shifrin & Friends - works by Copland, Hartke, Kernis and Zwilich / Chamber Music Northwest

1 CD / Delos / 2012-07-31

Works: Aaron Copland: Sextet, for clarinet, piano & string quartet (arr. of Symphony no 2); Stephen Hartke: The Horse with the Lavender Eye, episodes (4) for violin, clarinet & piano; Aaron Jay Kernis: Trio...
Performers: Arm, Theodore; Ching, Daniel; Cho, Catherine; Cox, John [Horn]; DePonte, Niel; Feves, Julie; Gindele, Joshua; Heard, Cornelia; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Kuhns, Sally Nelson; Largess, Joh...
Conductors: ; Wilson, Ransom
Ensemble: ; Chamber Music Northwest

'... a score truly inspired by a tragic event (9/11) and one that is likely to transcend it.' - Peter G. Davis, New York Magazine...continue...

Mozart: The Concertos for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon / Charles Neidich, Frank Morelli, Randall Wolfgang - Orpheus CO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, K 191 (186e); Concerto for Oboe in C major, K 314 (285d)
Performers: Morelli, Frank [Bassoon]; Neidich, Charles; Wolfgang, Randall
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Mozart's music expressed a spontaneity and refinement allied to a breathtaking sureness that has never been matched. The sublime Clarinet concerto contrasts with the Oboe...continue...

Lang Lang: Complete Recordings 2000-2009 [12 CDs]

12 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Trio for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 50; Dumka for Piano in C minor, Op. 59 "Russian rustic scene"; Morceaux (6) for ...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea; Domingo, Placido; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fan, Wei; Ji, Wei; Lang Lang; Lang, Guo-Ren [Composer]; Maisky, Mischa; Moragues, Pascal; Repin, Vadim [Violin]; Sarah Brig...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Gergiev, Valery; Long, Yu; Eschenbach, Christoph; Mehta, Zubin; Temirkanov, Yuri; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Warren-Green, Christopher

Probably the moment you've been waiting for... the DG catalogue priority of 2012.

It's a stunning visual - fresh and modern - and it's a

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Le Belle Immagini - Magdalena Kozena sings Gluck, Mozart, Myslivecek

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito; Le nozze di Figaro; Idomeneo; Lucio Silla; La finta giardiniera; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena; La clemenza di Ttio; Josef Myslivecek: Isacc...
Performers: Borovka, Vladislav; Kozena, Magdalena; Pavlis, Jindrich; Willi, Barbara Maria
Conductors: Swierczewski, Michel
Ensemble: ; Prague Philharmonia

First Choice features top artists - in the first batch, Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Anna Netrebko,...continue...
Recording information: Prague, Rudolfinum, Dvorák Hall (09/2001)....continue...

Doug Lofstrom: Concertino

1 CD / Origin Classical / 2012-07-17

Works: Doug Lofstrom: Concertino for oboe & orchestra; Concertino for harp & orchestra; The Plumed Serpent, for orchestra
Performers: Boyd, Ralph; Corpolongo, Rich; Dowd, Scott [Viola]; Drozdoff, Nick; Emery, John; Galarden, Bill; Hackl, Marty [Violin]; Ingle, Jennet; Kaucher, Craig; Kennedy, Ed; Miller, Chris [Violin]; Molinari, K...
Conductors: Muspratt, Kirk; Lofstrom, Doug

Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Concertino; Oberon Ov. et al. / Martin Spangenberg, clarinet

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-07-17

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Concerto for Clarinet no 1 in F minor, J. 114 (Op. 73); Oberon, J 306; Concertino for Clarinet in E flat major, J 109/Op. 26; Der Beherrscher der Geister (The Ruler of the Spiri...
Performers: Spangenberg, Martin
Conductors: Spangenberg, Martin
Ensemble: ; Orchester M18

Already at the beginning of Weber's first Clarinet Concerto a fairy-tale atmosphere spreads out. In a gloomy F minor the cellos present their mysterious theme...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthaus der Abtei Marienmünster (2011-10-24_2011-10-25&2012-)....continue...

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; L'Histoire du Soldat, suite; Les Noces; Symphony in C / Neumann; Dohnanyi

2 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-07-10

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Symphony in C; Les Noces I (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra; L'histoire du...
Performers: Adamec, Petr; Barova, Anna; Bogunia, Stanislav; Boublikova, Milada; Holena, Jiri; Janda, Pavel; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Jilek, Zdenek; Kostohryz, Milan; Mokros, Josef; Sulcova, Brigita; Svejda, Miroslav
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von; Neumann, Václav; Kosler, Zdenek;
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Chamber Players; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Radio Choir; Tokyo String Quartet

This specially priced two disc celebration of the music of Igor Stravinsky features historic stereo recordings made between 1970 to 1987, all remastered for SACD....continue...

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto K.622 (arr. of clarinet quartet); Poulenc: Clarinet Sonata; Garson: Jazz Variations; Ballad; Jazz Etude / Wilfried Gottwald, clarinet

1 CD / Gramola / 2012-07-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Mike Garson: Jazz Variations, Ballad & Jazz Etude, for clarinet, double bass & piano
Performers: Enomoto, Maiko; Flieder, Johannes; Gottwald, Wilfried; Meisl, Libor; Schaden, Franz; Wagner, Anna [Piano]; Yoshii, Kentaro

With this recording, versatile Austrian clarinetist Wilfried Gottwald traces a wide arc from W.A. Mozart up to jazz. The Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622...continue...
Recording information: Studio Wavegarden, Mitterretzbach, Austria....continue...

Andrew Simpson: A Crown of Stars; Alfred Schnittke: Requiem / Lisa Edwards-Burrs, soprano; Joseph Dietrich, tenor

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-07-10

Works: Andrew Earle Simpson: A Crown of Stars; Alfred Schnittke: Requiem, music to Schiller's drama "Don Carlos", for soloists, mixed chorus & instrumental ensemble
Performers: Ament, Anne; Barnet, Lori; Birch, Robert; Bisesi, John; Carson, Mark; Daglar, Fatma; Dewey, Glenn; Dircksen, Eri; Firsow, Karin; Fritz, Ben [Trombone]; Humphreys, Michelle; Kaye, Jane; Kivrak, Osman;...
Conductors: Becker, Gisèle
Ensemble: Maryland State Boychoir

Andrew Earle Simpson's A Crown of Stars is a wedding oratorio celebrating the universality of human love and was commissioned by the Cantate Chamber Singers...continue...

Tolibkhon Shakhidi: Sado; Death of Usurer (exc); Siyavush (exc); Rubai Hayam: Clarinet Concerto / Igor Fedorov, clarinet

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-07-10

Works: Tolib-khon Shakhidi: Sado, symphonic poem for orchestra; Death of Ursurer, ballet suite for orchestra; Siyavush, ballet (excerpt); Rubai Hayam, ballet (excerpts); Concerto for Clarinet; Darius, symph...
Performers: Fedorov, Igor
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: ; Mariinsky Orchestra

This album is addressed to judges of symphonic and academic ballet music, with its basis on melodies and intonations of eastern folklore. The recording features...continue...

Symphonic Stories

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-07-03

Works: Eric Goetz: The Dragonriders, for orchestra; Catherine Grealish: Artist & the Muse, for orchestra; Eric Nielsen: Of Sailing Ships & Sea Nymphs, for orchestra; Tim Huling: Demeter & Persephone, for or...
Performers: Bazhanov, Eugene; Bazhanov, Natasha; Bryant, Stephen; Bryant, Sue Jane; Burnett, Rodger; Carrington, John; Chee, Kyung [Violin]; Dilorenzo, Tony; Dyring, Wesley; Emerich, Justin; Farkas, Stefan; Fols...
Conductors: Sabee, David
Ensemble: ; Silk Strings Koto Ensemble (Koto Ensemble)

Recording information: Bastyr University Chapel, Seattle, WA....continue...

Souris: Musiques / Gillet, Solhosse, Acquisto, et al

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: André Souris: Concert flamand d'après des sources de la renaissance, for flute, clarinet, oboe & bassoon; Tombeau de Socrate (Musique I), for solo instrument; Trois inventions pour orgue, f...
Performers: Acquisto, Antoine; Andre Pichal; Arnaud Moyencourt; Bob Permentier; Cantor, Emile; Charlier, Jean-Michel; Danel, Marc; Giaux, Baudoin; Gillet, Anne-Catherine; Jean-Pierre Haeck; José Schyns; K...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

Zhang: Qin-Xian, etc / Charlier, Quatuor Danel

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Hao-fu Zhang: Quartet for Strings no 2; Quartet for Strings no 3; Qin-Xiao, for clarinet & string quartet
Performers: Charlier, Jean-Michel
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quatuor Danel

Born in Xian, China in 1952, Hao-Fu Zhang studied with Yoshihisa Taira, Edison Denisov and Elliott Carter. He now lives in Belgium and teaches composition...continue...

Takshasilâ / Jean-Pierre Peuvoin

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Jean-Louis Robert: Takshasilâ, for solo clarinet; Jean-Pierre Peuvion: Tara Ila, for doubled clarinet; Tecmessa, for solo taragot; Yara, pour soprano clarinet & glass; Duocto, for clarinet & tap...
Performers: Peuvion, Jean-Pierre

Jean-Pierre Peuvion plays the clarinet, and the clarinets, several clarinets at the same time, accompanied by electronics, Tibetan bowls and even glass. He also reveals...continue...

Ex abrupto - Bartholomée / Valente, Mols, et al

2 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Pierre Bartholomée: String Quartet; Fragments des Belles Heures, for voice, flute, English horn, bass clarinet, viola & harp; Bagatelles (13), for piano; Le Rêve de Diotime, for voice & ...
Performers: Bartholomee, Francette; Mols, Dominique; Peuvion, Jean-Pierre; Pierreuse, Bernard; Shi, Ning; Speller, Eric [Oboe]; Terseleer, Philippe; Valente, Valentina
Conductors: Bartholomée, Pierre
Ensemble: Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles

Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Chamber Music for Woodwinds / Henrik Wiese, Wenzel Fuchs, Elisaveta Blumina

1 CD / CPO / 2012-06-26

Works: Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Sonata for clarinet & piano, Op. 28; Miniatures (12) for flute & piano, Op. 29; Sonata for solo bassoon, Op. 133; Trio for flute, viola & harp (or piano), Op. 127
Performers: Baier, Mathias; Blumina, Elisaveta; Fuchs, Wenzel; Guez, Nimrod; Jungwirth, Uta [Harp]; Wiese, Henrik

For some years now the extensive and highly significant oeuvre of the Polish-Russian composer Weinberg has been, little by little, accepted and honored little in...continue...
Recording information: Siemensvilla, Berlin-Lankwitz (2009-12-10&2009-12-12&2009-)....continue...

Brahms: Complete String Quartets (3); Clarinet Quintet / Juilliard Qrt., Charles Neidich, clarinet

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quartet for Strings no 1 in C minor, Op. 51/1; Quartet for Strings no 3 in B flat major, Op. 67; Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor, Op. 51/2; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B ...
Performers: Neidich, Charles
Conductors:
Ensemble: Juilliard String Quartet

While Brahms excelled in nearly every form, he was particularly renowned for his contributions to chamber music. This 2 CD set displays Brahms' complete work...continue...
Recording information: Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, NY....continue...

David Keberle: Caught In Time - chamber music with clarinet, flute, piano & strings

1 CD / Innova / 2012-06-26

Works: David Keberle: Soundings 2, for flute & flute choir; Four to Go, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion; Percorsi d'anima, for violin, clarinet, cello & piano; Incroci, for clarinet &...
Performers: Almarza, Alberto; Evans, Paul; Frankenberry, Rob; Howell, Jack; Keberle, David; Moe, Eric [Composer]; O'Boyle, Sarah; O'Connor, Tara Helen; Ojeda, Rodrigo; Premo, David
Conductors: ; Meyer, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Pittsburgh Flute Club Flute Choir; Trio Johannes

Caught in Time captures moments in clarinetist/composer David Keberle's work from 1997 to 2007 upon his return from seventeen years in Rome. These six eloquent...continue...

Chamber music of Jonathan Leshnoff: String Quartet No. 2; Cosmic Variations; Seven Glances as a Mirage et al.

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Jonathan Leshnoff: Quartet for Strings no 2 "Edelmann"; Seven Glances at a Mirage, for violin, clarinet & piano; Cosmic Variations on a Haunted Theme, for 3 players; ...without a chance, for 3 percus...
Performers: Depeters, David; Dove, Barry; Miahky, Stephen; Nemith, Joshua; Opus 3 Trio; Simas, Jerome; Stoyanov, Svet
Conductors:
Ensemble: Carpe Diem String Quartet; Opus 3 Trio

Jonathan Leshnoff is one of the most exciting voices in contemporary American music, and his lyricism is accompanied by vibrant expressive qualities. The String Quartet...continue...

Herbert von Karajan - The 1960s [82 CDs]

82 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, o.Op. 132 (TrV ...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Berry, Walter; Borwitzky, Ottomar; Brandis, Thomas [Violin]; Cappone, Giusto; Cherkassky, Shura; Civil, Alan; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; F...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Priem-Bergrath, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

We're going Big in 2012! Almost incredible: between 1959 and the end of the following decade, Herbert von Karajan recorded 82 CDs worth of orchestral...continue...

Luminous Shade - workds by Bozza, Hofmeyr, Rheinberger, Martino, Benjamin, Negrea / Maria du Toit, clarinet; Nina Schumann, piano

1 CD / TwoPianists / 2012-06-26

Works: Eugène Bozza: Boucolique, for clarinet & piano; Hendrik Hofmeyr: Canto Notturno, for clarinet & piano; Joseph Rheinberger: Sonata for clarinet & piano in E flat major, Op. 105a; Donald Martino: ...
Performers: Schumann, Nina; Toit, Maria du

Western art music tradition in South Africa is perhaps not well-known internationally but a rich tradition of excellence is evidenced by this recording: recorded and...continue...
Recording information: Endler Hall, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (11/14/2011-11/17/2011)....continue...

People Like Us

1 CD / Lakeshore / 2012-06-19

Works: A.R. Rahman: People Like Us, film score
Performers: Bisharat, Charlie; Brophy, Robert; Broughton, Belinda; Campo, Darius; Clark, Heather; Clark, Stuart [Clarinet]; Dembrow, Brian; Doering, George; Duckles, Andrew; Duke-Kirkpatrick, Erika; Dukov, Bruce...

Recording information: Sony Studios....continue...

Israeli Wind Virtuosi, Vol. 5: Scarlatti, Haydn, Rameau, Mozart, Bach, Beethoven

1 CD / Meridian / 2012-06-12

Works: Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in B minor, K 173/L 447; Sonata for Harpsichord in C major, K 159/L 104; Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor, K 32/L 423; Franz Joseph Haydn: Baryton Trio no ...
Performers: Adar, Sharon; Heifetz, Eli; Rechtman, Mordechai

Meridian Records is proud to announce this release by an acclaimed Israel sextet, featuring arrangements by Mordechai Rechtman....continue...

Best of Mozart / various artists

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, KV 620; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, KV 467; Die Entführung aus dem Serail, KV 384; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, KV 622; Ave verum cor...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Berry, Walter; Kruger, Erich; Mathis, Edith; Michallik, Oskar; Ousset, Cecile; Piasetzki, Erich; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Rosenbusch, Thorsten; Schmidt, Annerose; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Kegel, Herbert; Haenchen, Hartmut; Pommer, Max; Goritzki, Johannes; Blomstedt, Herbert

Best of Schubert / Various artists

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Franz Schubert: Sinfonie no 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"; An den Frühling, D 338; Forellenquintett in A major, for piano, violin, viola, violoncello and double bass, D. 667; Die schöne...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Auger, Arleen; Bosse, Gerhard; Dunckel, Rudolf; Ebert, Elisabeth; Erben, Friedemann; Hallmann, Dietmar; Hucke, Rainer; Kiebeler, Siegfried; Knauer, Sebastian; Lorenz, Siegfried; Oelze, Ch...
Conductors: Schreier, Peter; Blomstedt, Herbert

Chamber Music of Yoshio Hachimura "Constellation" / Aki Takahashi, piano; Masami Nakagawa, flute; Yoko Seto, violin

1 CD / Camerata / 2012-06-12

Works: Yoshio Hachimura: Improvisation for piano, Op 1; Improvisation for violin & piano, Op 4; Concerto for 8 soloists, Op 3 ("One Hour at Every Breath"); Elixir, for flute, violin & piano, Op. 10/2; Const...
Performers: Gawriloff, Saschko; Isako Shinozaki; Masuda, Mutsumi [Soprano (Vocal)]; Matsuya, Midori; Murai, Yuji; Muto, Kenichiro [Sax (Tenor)]; Nakagawa, Masami; Noguchi, Ryo; Seto, Yoko [Violin]; Sugawara, Ats...

This is the first volume in a series devoted to the music of Japanese composer Yoshio Hachimura (1938-1985). The recordings were made between 1981 and...continue...

Arnold Schönberg: Pierrot Lunaire Op. 21; Suite Op. 29 / Alda Caiello; Prazak Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / RCO Live / 2012-06-12

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21; Suite, septet in E flat major, Op. 29
Performers: Caiello, Alda; Dohnal, Karel; Klepac, Jaromir [Piano]; Kunt, Vaclav; Polak, Milan [Clarinet]; Spilka, Vit
Conductors: Hula, Pavel
Ensemble: ; Prazak Quartet

This ambitious program by the Prazák Quartet and friends focuses on two key works by Arnold Schoenberg. The melodrama Pierrot Lunaire is a setting of...continue...
Recording information: Prague, Lichtenstein Palace, Martinu Hall (Hamu)....continue...

Paul Harris: A Musical Celebration / Victoria Soames Samek, clarinet; Michale Bell, piano

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2012-06-12

Works: Paul Harris: Sonatina for clarinet & piano; Visions, for clarinet & piano; Adagio, for clarinet & piano; Divertimento for flute, oboe, bassoon, horn & piano; Trio for flute, oboe & clarinet; Train Mu...
Performers: Bell, Michael [Piano]; Easter, Kimberly; Hussain, Amina; Radcliffe, Karen; Soames, Victoria; Weigall, Richard
Conductors:
Ensemble: East Winds (Britain)

As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, Clarinet Classics is delighted to release this disc featuring works by Paul Harris, well known internationally as a...continue...
Recording information: Keele University Chapel, Staffordshire, UK (07/12/2010-07/15/2010)....continue...

David DeBoor Canfield: Written for Kenneth - works for saxophone and piano / Kenneth Tse, saxophones; Benjamin Boren, piano

1 CD / Enharmonic Records / 2012-06-12

Works: David Deboor Canfield: Sonata for alto saxophone & piano; Le Petit Duo, for clarinet & saxophone; Sonata for soprano saxophone & piano; Fisherman of the Fragrant Harbor, for saxophone & piano; Sonata...
Performers: Boren, Benjamin; Page, Stephen [Saxophone]; Park, Mami; Tse, Kenneth; Tse, Melanie

The saxophone music of composer David DeBoor Canfield was written for Kenneth Tse. All of the original chamber works that he has written for Tse...continue...

Millennial Masters, Vol. 3

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-06-05

Works: Artem Anuchin: Mercury, for piano; Asha Srinivasan: Bapu, for flute, clarinet & electronics; Robert Kotcher: Sonata for Violin no 1; Charles Peck: Alluvion, for 2 bassoons; Nolan Stolz: Catharsis II,...
Performers: Anuchin, Artem; Ko, Michelle; Peck, Benjamin; Richards, E. Michael [Clarinet]; Romine, Ryan; Sargsyan, Vahan; Srinivasan, Asha; Steele, Emma
Conductors:
Ensemble: Avery Ensemble

Songs of Schubert, Sibelius & Grieg / Miah Persson, soprano; Roger Vignoles, piano

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2012-06-05

Works: Franz Schubert: Suleika no 1, D 720; Ganymed, D 544/Op. 19 no 3; Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Rastlose Liebe, D 138/Op 51; Der Erlkönig, D 328; Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D...
Performers: Hosford, Richard; Persson, Miah; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Famed for her highly intelligent performances and deep engagement with music, Swedish soprano Miah Persson is in great demand throughout the world. She returned to...continue...
Recording information: Wigmore Hall, London (02/16/2011)....continue...

Saros

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-06-05

Works: Beata Moon: Dinner Is West, for violin, cello & piano; Wood, Water & Land, for marimba; Tenancy, for cello & piano; Dragonfly, for viola, clarinet & piano; Dickinson Songs, for voice & guitar; A Coll...
Performers: Amini, Arash; Beroukhim, Cyrus; Davis, Patricia; Durek, Patrick; Fingland, Benjamin; Flanagan, Lisa; Meyer, Jessica; Moon, Beata; Wai-Chi-Tang
Conductors:
Ensemble: Piaclava (Trio)

Recording information: DiMenna Center for Classical Music (03/10/2012-03/11/2012)....continue...

Bach In Time on the Clarinet - Sonatas BWV 1023 & 1029; Toccata & Fugue BWV 565; Cantata excerpts / Joseph Eller, clarinet

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-06-02

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for violin & continuo in E minor, BWV 1023; Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 3 in G minor, BWV 1029; Ich hat...
Performers: Curry, Jerry; Eller, Joseph; Jesselson, Robert; Johnson, Jared; Stallard, Tina Milhorn

American Record Guide, January/February 2013
Eller has a pleasant timbre and excellent technique, and his phrasing is both expressive and genuine. His free-blowing set-up, though, can...continue...
Recording information: University of South Carolina School of Music Recital Ha (08/2010-12/2010)....continue...

Tansman: Sonatine transatlangique pour piano; Suite pour basson et piano; Trois Préludes

1 CD / Arion Import / 2012-05-29

Works: Alexandre Tansman: Sonatina for bassoon & piano; Sonatina Transatlantique for piano; Suite for string trio; Suite for bassoon & piano; Preludes (3) in blues form for piano
Performers: Antoine Beaudoin; Iva Vaglenova; Jean Marc Bernaud; Jean Michel Alhaits

Frederica von Stade in Duets, Arias, Scenes & Songs

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Botschaft ("Nelken wind ich und Jasmin"), for soprano voice, alto voice & piano (Spanisches Liedersp; Das Glück (" Vöglein vom Zweig"), song for voice & piano (Lieder-Album...
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Brehm, Alvin; de Peyer, Gervase; Glickman, Loren; Katz, Martin; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Lesser, Laurence; Maria, Joel Del; Phillips, Daniel; Schwarz, G...
Conductors: Bernardi, Mario; Davis, Andrew

Born in 1945, Frederica von Stade - who auditioned for the Met on a $50 bet - is considered one of the world's most accomplished...continue...
Recording information: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (08/1977/07/1978); National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada (08/1977/07/1978); Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London (08/1977/07/1978); Columbia...continue...

Rob Keeley: Songs, Chimes & Dances, chamber music

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Rob Keeley: Music for Art and Tom, for saxophone & piano; Bells of Halkis, for piano; Little Trio, for clarinet, cello & piano; Two Ways of Looking at a Spider, for guitar; Trio for horn, violin & pi...
Performers: Dullea, Mary; Holmes, Tim; Keeley, Rob [Composer]; Leathwood, Jonathan [Guitar]; Maxwell, Melinda; Michael, Robin [Cello]; Morgan, Darragh; Sparling, Andrew; Watkins, Richard

Rob Keeley was born in Bridgend in 1960. He studied with Oliver Knussen at the Royal College of Music, Magdalen College Oxford under Bernard Rose,...continue...
Recording information: Coombehurst Studio, Kingston University (07/18/2011-07/20/2011); Highgate School, London (07/18/2011-07/20/2011); University of Denver, Colorado (07/18/2011-07/20/2011); Coombeh...continue...

I Saw Eternity - works for a capella chorus by Corlis, Enns, Halley, Galbraith, Sirett, Buhr et al. / Elora Festival Singers

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Timothy Corlis: Missa Pax; To See the Cherry Hung With Snow, for chorus; Leonard Enns: I saw eternity, for chorus; Peter Tiefenbach: Nunc Dimittis, for chorus; Missa Brevis, for chorus; Paul Halley: ...
Performers: Bloss, Michael; De'Ath, Leslie; Marshman, John; Pierre, Stephen
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: Elora Festival Singers

This recording brings together eleven leading composers whose origins in or strong associations with Canada are manifest in their central position in Canadian musical life....continue...
Recording information: Church of St. John the Evangelist, Elora, Ontario, Cana (04/07/2011-04/10/2011)....continue...

Chamber Music of Martin Schlumpf: Summer Circle; December Rains; Clarinet Trio

1 CD / Navona / 2012-05-29

Works: Martin Schlumpf: December Rains, for solo piano; Clarinet Trio, for clarinet, cello & piano; Summer Circle, for string quartet; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Moore, Rane; Popper-Keizer, Rafael; Rojahn, Karolina; Smythe, Corey

Schlumpf combines his myriad of influences to craft expressive, complex chamber pieces that marry the sophisticated intricacies of jazz with the studied nuance of modern...continue...
Recording information: Cue Recording Studios, Washington DC (06/03/2011/06/09/2011); Futura Productions (06/03/2011/06/09/2011); Cue Recording Studios, Washington DC (07/11/2011); Futura Productions (...continue...

Fremde Zeit Addendum

3 CD / Edition Rz / 2012-05-29

Works: Jakob Ullmann: Disappearing Musics, for ensemble; Solo 1 + 2 + 3, for oboe da caccia, bassoon & organ; Komposition no 2, for string quartet; Praha
Performers: Arce, Leonardo Idrobo [Electronics]; Bösch, Christoph; Csizmadia, Eva [Violin]; Fallowfield, Ellen [Cello]; Fluckiger, Jardena [Vocals]; Margulies, Oliver [Viola]; Martin, Lucie [Piano]; McDolan...

Baby Needs Beethoven

1 CD / Delos / 2012-05-29

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Septet in E flat major, Op. 20; Bagatelle for piano in G minor, Op. 119/1...
Performers: Graham, Robin; Munday, Kenneth; Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]; Shifrin, David; Vogel, Allan
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard;
Ensemble: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; New York Chamber Symphony; Orford String Quartet

Realizing that early exposure is key to a lifetime of classical enjoyment, Amelia and pianist Carol Rosenberger (now Delos' director), made the production of recordings...continue...

Baby needs more Mozart / Schwarz, Rampal, Rosenberger, et al

1 CD / Delos / 2012-05-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Divertimento for String Quartet in D major, K 136 (125a); Quarte...
Performers: Arimany, Claudi; Helmrich, Dennis; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]; Shifrin, David; Vogel, Allan; Zukerman, Eugenia
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: New York Chamber Symphony; Shanghai String Quartet

Realizing that early exposure is key to a lifetime of classical enjoyment, Amelia and pianist Carol Rosenberger (now Delos' director), made the production of recordings...continue...

Franz Krommer: Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 70 for clarinet & orchestra; Clarinet Concerto / Dimitri Ashkenazy, clarinet

1 CD / Paladino Music / 2012-05-29

Works: Franz Krommer: Sinfonia Concertante for flute, clarinet, violin & orchestra in E flat major, Op. 70; Concerto for Clarinet in E flat major, Op. 36
Performers: Ashkenazy, Dmitri; Kutluer, Sefika; Schatz, Kamilla
Conductors: Griffiths, Howard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

The compositions of Franz Krommer were prolific and interesting in many respects. "They have not been sufficiently appreciated in historical terms so far, their potential...continue...
Recording information: All Saints Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Ware, (01/1994)....continue...

James Newton Howard: Snow White & the Huntsman - original motion picture soundtrack

1 CD / Universal Republic / 2012-05-29

Works: James Newton Howard: Snow White & the Huntsman, film score; Ioanna Gika: Gone, song; Isabella Summers: Breath of Life, song
Performers: Adams, Mark [Horn]; Ahn, Eun Mee; Becknell, Steven; Beiser, Maya; Booth, Bill; Brand, Jacqueline; Brophy, Robert; Broughton, Belinda; Cani, Roberto; Clark, Heather; Clark, Stuart [Clarinet]; Cooke, A...
Conductors: Anthony, Pete

Recording information: Abbey Road, London, UK; The Barbra Streisand Scoring Stage/Sony Pictures, Culve....continue...

Feilmair & Feilmair: The Debut Recording

1 CD / Paladino Music / 2012-05-29

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Grand Duo Concertante for clarinet & piano in E flat major, J. 204 (Op. 48); Antoni Szalowski: Sonatina for clarinet & piano; Jean Françaix: Tema con Variazioni for Clarine...
Performers: Feilmair, Benjamin; Feilmair, Florian

Weber's The Grand Duo concertant is a unique work, and a special characteristic is its perfect combination of form and effect, heard on this album...continue...
Recording information: Schloá Weinberg, Kefermarkt,Austria (12/29/2011-12/30/2011)....continue...

Carl Nielsen: The Masterworks, Vol. 2 - Chamber and Instrumental Music / Danish String Quartet; Trio Ondine, DiamantEnsemblet [6 CDs]

6 Super Audio CD / Dacapo / 2012-05-29

Works: Carl Nielsen: Quartet for Strings in G minor, FS 4 (Op. 13); Quartet for Strings in F major ("Piacevolezza"), FS 36 (Op. 44; prev. Op. 19); String Quintet in G major, FS 5; Quartet for Strings in F m...
Performers: Artved, Max; Bundgaard, Katrine; Elbo, Soren; Elvekjaer, Jens; Frederiksen, Tim; Gjesme, Jon; Hansen, Henning; Jorgensen, Ulla Miilmann; Koppel, Herman D.; Lautrup, Tue; Oigaard, Katrine; Schick, Ann...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Ondine

This is the first complete collection of Carl Nielsen's masterly chamber works available on CD. With his spontaneous and imaginative works music, the Danish national...continue...
Recording information: Danish Radio Concert Hall (11/2006/03/2007); Danish Radio, Studio 3, Copenhagen, Denmark (11/2006/03/2007); Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond, The Royal Library (11/2006/03/2007);...continue...

Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival: Moravec, Rorem, Bunch & MacCombie / Marya Martin

1 CD / BMCF Records / 2012-05-29

Works: Paul Moravec: Wind Quintet; Ned Rorem: The Unquestioned Answer, quintet for flute, 2 violins, cello & piano; Kenji Bunch: Changes of Phase, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon; Bruce MacCombie:...
Performers: Arron, Edward; Baer, Seth; Franch-Ballester, Jose; Guterman, Beth; Jaciw, Stefan; Kolkay, Peter; Lee, Yura; Martin, Marya; McGill, Anthony; Mills, Jesse; Rose, Stewart; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Snow, Jo...

Founded by flutist Marya Martin in 1984, the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival is pleased to release its first recording on its self-published label BCMF RECORDS....continue...
Recording information: Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church, Bridgehampton, New Y....continue...