Challenge Classics > Clarinet

Brahms, Rheinberger: Clarinet Sonatas / Oudenweijer

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2011-06-14

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2; Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Joseph Rheinberger: Sonata for clarinet & p...
Performers: Eijsackers, Hans; van den Oudenwijer, Lars Wouters

Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer is the top solo clarinetist in the Netherlands, known for his warm and powerful tone that is compelling and sensitive...continue...
Recording information: FWL STudios, Leipzig, Germany (06/28/2010-06/29/2010)....continue...

Max Reger: Clarinet Sonatas, Op. 107 & 49 / Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2009-10-13

Works: Max Reger: Sonata for clarinet & piano no 3 in B flat major, Op. 107; Sonata for clarinet & piano no 1 in A flat major, Op. 49/1; Sonata for clarinet & piano no 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 49/2
Performers: Eijsackers, Hans; van den Oudenwijer, Lars Wouters

This is probably the most ardent, spirited plea for the defense of Reger, to preserve his beautiful clarinet sonatas from condemnation to undeserved obscurity in...continue...

Kirvani Revisited

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Marion Von Tilzer: David and Batsheva, for piano & ensemble; Batsheva's Song, for piano & ensemble; Inner Bells, for piano & ensemble; Tante Lotte, for piano & ensemble; Kisagotami, overture for pian...
Performers: Alkan-Heymann, Liat; Chauvin, Julien [Violin]; Dijker, Heiko; Heymann, Rani; Horst, Sanne van der; Keizer, Joost; Von Tilzer, Marion; Wel, Jeroen van der

Marion von Tilzer manages to integrate Indian instruments and musical principles into her own style of composing in such an admirable, original way that it...continue...
Personnel: Marion Von Tilzer (piano); Liat Alkan-Heymann (soprano); Sanne Van Der Horst (violin, cello); Jeroen van der Wel, Lenneke van Staalen, Julien Chauvin (violin); Joost Keizer (viola); Rani H...continue...

Brahms: Clarinet Quintet; Bernstein: West Side Story

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2006-05-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
Performers: Decroos, Jean; Hakii, Ken; Kracht, Johan; Pieterson, George; Zweden, Jaap van
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Ensemble: Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet

After a successful 16-year career as leader of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, violinist Jaap van Zweden has already conducted two main Dutch orchestras and will be...continue...

Mozart: Clarinet Quintet / Kuijken String Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2005-10-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Quintet for Horn and Strings in E flat major, K 407 (386c); Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (368b)
Performers: Beaugiraud, Patrick; Coppola, Lorenzo; Fernandez, Francois; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Kuijken, Wieland [Cello, Viola da Gamba]; Madeuf, Pierre-Yves; Thiers, Marleen

"These are performances to evoke an ideal vision of 18th century chamber music-making: friends playing together for mutual enjoyment, souding spontaneous and unaffected. The recording,...continue...