Recordings, Last 6 Months > Clarinet

World War Z [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-06-18

Works: Marco Beltrami: World War Z, film score
Performers: Abrahams, Leo; Afia, Alex; Baggs, Simon; Barclay, John; Baron, Chris; Berrow, Mark; Berry, Richard [French Horn]; Bhattacharya, Daniel; Bonner, Natalia; Boyd, James; Bradshaw, Catherine; Brown, Charl...
Conductors: Dunkley, Matt

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London; British Grove Studios, London....continue...

English Fantasy: Music for clarinet & piano by Alwyn, Carmichael, Jenkins, Gibbs, Ireland / Peter Cigleris, clarinet; Antony Gray, piano

1 CD / Cala Records / 2013-06-11

Works: William Alwyn: Sonata for clarinet & piano; John Carmichael: Fêtes Champêtres, for clarinet & orchestra; Aria and Finale, for clarinet & piano; Clive Jenkins: Pieces (5), for clarinet & pia...
Performers: Cigleris, Peter [Clarinet]; Gray, Antony

Clarinetist Peter Cigleris studied at the Birmingham Conservatoire and the Royal College of Music. He was a member of the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique and...continue...
Recording information: Royal College of Music Studio (08/18/2010-08/20/2010)....continue...

Agatha Christie's Poirot [Music from the Television Series]

1 CD / Discovery / 2013-06-11

Works: Christopher Gunning: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Performers: Emmanuel, David; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Rodwell, Nick; Simcisko, Viktor; Sulzmann, Stan
Conductors: Gunning, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra

This Poirot album has been unavailable for many years, and is now reissued on Discovery Music & Vision with bonus tracks never before released on...continue...

Mozart, Brahms, Sulzer: Clarinet Quintets / Matthias Schorn: clarinet; Minetti Quartet

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2013-06-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115; Balduin Sulzer: Invention, for clarinet & string qua...
Performers: Schorn, Matthias
Conductors:
Ensemble: Minetti Quartet

Matthias Schorn is a young, upcoming soloist and principal clarinetist of the Vienna Philharmonic. Here, he appears alongside the award-winning Minetti Quartet, one of the...continue...
Recording information: Hofburgkapelle, Vienna, Austria (06/2012/08/2012)....continue...

Roger Doyle: Thalia; Oizzo No [Remastered] / Roger Doyle: piano, electronic, concrete sounds, drum kit

1 CD / Silverdoor / 2013-06-11

Works: Roger Doyle: Bitter-Sweet Suite, for prepared piano; Ceol Sidhe, for uilleann pipes, Irish harp & tin whistle; Oizzo No, for flute, clarinet, piano quartet, drums, concrete sounds & electronics; Obst...
Performers: Barrett, Betty [Cello]; Browne, Peter; Doyle, Roger; Dunning, Brian; Egar, Kieran; Hamilton, Edward; Jackson, Jolyon; Konings, Anneliese [Vocals]; Meehan, John [Clarinet]; Smoor, Karen [Vocals]; Yeat...
Conductors: Fitzgerald, Liam
Ensemble: Dublin Baroque Players

The music on this album represents Roger Doyle's early works, repackaged and remastered in 2002. It includes his extremely rare self-released 1975 debut LP Oizzo...continue...

Yannis Papaioannou (1910-1989): In the Depth of the Looking Glass; Associations; Eortic; Rhythms and Colours / Kostas Chardas, piano; Myrto Papatanasiu, soprano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28

Works: Yannis Papaioannou: Twelve Preludes; Erotic, for piano; Farewell Roses, for voice & piano; Candles, for voice & piano; In the Depth of the Looking Glass, for voice, flute & piano; Scherzo for piano; ...
Performers: Anissegos, Jannis [Flute]; Chalkias, Grammenos [Clarinet]; Chardas, Kostas [Piano]; Papatanasiu, Myrtò; Papathanassiou, Evie [Cello]; Theofylaktou, Alexis [Violin]; Theos, Kostis [Cello]
Conductors: Symeonidis, Vladimiros
Ensemble: DissonArt Ensemble

Yannis Papaioannou lived mainly in Athens, but also experienced a crucial period of study in Europe with musicians such as Arthur Honegger, and encountering the...continue...

The Electro-Acoustic Music of Gene Pritsker: Samplestra / Lynn Bechtold, John Clark, Peter Krysa, Martin Kuuskmann et al.

1 CD / Composers Concordance / 2013-05-28

Works: Gene Pritsker: Modified no 1, for horn & samples; Nothing in Life but You, for violin & samples; Destined to Shed, for percussion & samples; Mysterious Restlessness, for clarinet & samples; Free Will...
Performers: Bechtold, Lynn [Violin]; Clark, John [French Horn]; Kronsteiner, Matthias [Bassoon]; Krysa, Peter; Kuuskmaan, Martin [Bassoon]; Lancaster, Margaret; Papetti, Cesare [Percussion]; Pritsker, Gene; Supo...

"Samplestra is the name I give to any prerecorded elements in my music. I see it as an orchestra of samples, since I meticulously notate...continue...

Weill: Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra, Op. 12; Stravinsky: Histoire du soldat; Milhaud: Suite Op. 157b / Gabriele Pieranunzi, violin

1 CD / Concerto / 2013-05-28

Works: Kurt Weill: Concerto for Violin & wind orchestra, Op. 12; Igor Stravinsky: L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), suite transcribed for violin, clarinet & piano; Darius Milhaud: Suite for violin,...
Performers: Carbonare, Alessandro; Pieranunzi, Enrico; Pieranunzi, Gabriele
Conductors: Tate, Jeffrey
Ensemble: San Carlo Theater Orchestra (Naples)

The CD presents for the first time ever, two recordings that took place at different times, on the stage of the oldest opera theatre in...continue...
Recording information: The San Carlo Theatre, Naples (10/21/2006/05/07/2012)....continue...

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Bassoon Concerto; Flute Concerto / Carbonare Zoon; Santana. Abbado, Orchestra Mozart

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-05-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Flute no 2 in D major, K 314 (285d); Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, K 191 (186e)
Performers: Carbonare, Alessandro; Santana, Guilhaume; Zoon, Jacques
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Mozart

In the year of his 80th birthday, Claudio Abbado and his superb orchestra continue their Mozart celebration with critically acclaimed solo concerto performances.

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Nino Rota (1911-1979): Clarinet Trio; Clarinet Sonata et al. / Goran Gojevic, clarinet; Mary Kenedi, piano; Lynn Kuo, violin; Winona Zelenka, cello

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Nino Rota: Trio for clarinet, cello & piano; Improvviso for violin & piano (from the films "Lovers without Love" / "Prelude to Madness"); Toccata for bassoon & piano; Sonata for clarinet & piano in D...
Performers: Gojevic, Goran; Kenedi, Mary; Kuo, Lynn; Sweeney, Michael; Zelenka, Winona

Although he is best known for his film scores and The Godfatherin particular, Nino Rota's concert music combines traditional tonality and forms with characteristically heartfelt...continue...
Recording information: Glenn Gould Studio, C.B.C., Toronto, Ontario, Canada (11/10/2010-11/14/2010)....continue...

Great Chamber Music - works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn etc. / various artists

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 33 no 3/H 3 no 39 "Bird"; Quartet for Strings in D major, Op. 64 no 5/H 3 no 63 "Lark"; Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 76 no 3/H 3 no 77 "...
Performers: Balogh, Joszef [Clarinet]; Fehervari, Janos; Gerard, Jean-Claude; Jando, Jeno; Nishizaki, Takako; Onczay, Csaba; Rener, Boris; Toth, Istvan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Danubius String Quartet; Ensemble Villa Musica; Gould Piano Trio; Joachim Trio; Kungsbacka Piano Trio; Quatuor Ludwig; Stuttgart Piano Trio

This collection of great chamber music brings together nine giants of music in works which reveal their most immediate and indi vidual expressive worlds: proof...continue...

Waitin' for Benny: A Tribute to Benny Goodman - Clarinet Sonatas of Poulenc and Bernstein; Gershwin: 3 Preludes; Stravinsky: 3 Pieces et al. / Julien Hervé, clarinet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Igor Stravinsky: Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo; Morton Gould:...
Performers: Green, Ying-Lai [Double Bass]; Herve, Julien; Lovett, Maud; Sugitani, Jean-Hisanori [Piano]

Renowned as a virtuoso jazz clarinetist and legendary bandleader, Benny Goodman is also remembered for the works he commissioned from leading composers of his day....continue...
Recording information: Conservatoire de Paris (07/25/2011-07/28/2011)....continue...

Jón Leifs: Scherzo concreto, Op. 58; Quintet, Op. 50; Variazioni; Pastorale, Op. 8; Elegies, Op. 35

1 CD / Smekkleysa / 2013-04-09

Works: Jón Leifs: Scherzo concreto, Op. 58; Quintet, for flute, clarinet, basson, viola & cello, Op. 50; Variations on a Theme by Ludwig van Beethoven, Op. 8; Elegies, Op. 35
Performers: Arni Askelsson; Bjarni Benedikt Björnsson; Bragi Berg_órsson; Egill Arni Pálsson; Einar Jörundsson; Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson; Gudmundur Arnlaugsson; Hafsteinn _&oacut...
Conductors: Wilkinson, Bernhardur
Ensemble: Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra

Chamber music was never the main focus of Jón Leif ' s compositional activity. The ideal venue for his often rough and primitive music was...continue...

Strings Attached - Brahms: Sonatas Opp. 120 nos 1 & 2; Schumann: Fantasiestucke, Op. 73 / Arno Piters: clarinet

1 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 120/2; Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke (3) f...
Performers: Asberg, Marleen; Dirksen, Rob; Enzler, Benedikt; Iwata, Keiko; Moergastel, Edith van; Piters, Arno; van Rijn, Nienke; Wijzenbeek, Judith
Conductors:
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra members

This new disc features three arrangements by Geert van Keulen of works by Schumann and Brahms, two of which were specially requested by clarinetist Arno...continue...
Recording information: Galaxy Studios, Mol, Belgium (04/02/2012-04/04/2012)....continue...

Dreams & Prayers - Works by Golijov; O'Leary; Roth / Paul Roe: clarinet, bass clarinet/Con Tempo

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2013-04-09

Works: Osvaldo Golijov: Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind, for clarinet & string quartet; Jane O'Leary: Soundshapes II, for clarinet & string quartet; Nick Roth: Quintet for Klezmer clarinet, bass clari...
Performers: Roe, Paul
Conductors:
Ensemble: Con Tempo

A new recording from Paul Roe and Con Tempo....continue...
Recording information: Town Hall Theatre (Studio), Galway, Ireland (05/23/2010-05/25/2010)....continue...

Vladimir Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca / Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell, Fistoulari, Solti, Kondrashin et al. [Limited Edition]

50 CD / Decca / 2013-04-02

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Belkin, Boris; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Cash, Teresa [Soprano Vocal]; Civil, Alan; Cohen, Franklin; Cooke, Terry; Corkhill...
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Fistoulari, Anatole; Maazel, Lorin; Segal, Uri; Zinman, David; Kertész, István; Previn, Andre; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Solti, S...

Decca Classics releases Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca on April 2, 2013, a limited edition box-set comprised of 50 CDs to celebrate the labels remarkable...continue...

The music of Mohammed Fairouz (b.1985) / Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Mellissa Hughes, soprano; David Kravitz, baritone

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Mohammed Fairouz: Tahwidah, for voice & clarinet; Chorale Fantasy, for string quartet; Sonata for solo violin ("Native Informant"); Posh, for voice & piano; For Victims, for voice & string quartet; J...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Hughes, Mellissa; Krakauer, David; Spooner, Steven; Thompson, Christopher [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Borromeo String Quartet; Imani Winds

Mohammed Fairouz is one of the most frequently performed, commissioned, and recorded composers of his generation, melding Middle-Eastern music and poetry with Western structures to...continue...
Recording information: Oktaven Audio, Yonkers, New York (2012-03-07&2012-03-10&2012-)....continue...

British Clarinet Sonatas, Vol. 2. Works by Benjamin, Cooke, Arnold, Horovitz, Gregson. Michael Collins, clarinet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2013-03-26

Works: Malcolm Arnold: Sonatina for clarinet & piano, Op. 29; Arnold Cooke: Sonata for clarinet & piano in B flat major; Edward Gregson: Tributes, for clarinet & piano; Arthur Benjamin: Le Tombeau de Ravel ...
Performers: Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; McHale, Michael

This is Volume 2 in the series 'British Clarinet Sonatas', in which Michael Collins is joined by the pianist Michael McHale. On this disc the...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (07/27/2012-07/28/2012)....continue...

Lazy Day Classics, Calm music for an indulgent moment - Vaughan Williams, Grieg, Sibelius, Brahms, Schubert, Beethoven

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2013-03-26

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Edvard Grieg: Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B flat, D. 485; Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. ...
Performers: Campbell, James [Clarinet]; Chase, Stephanie; Pendrill, Christine
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey; Goodman, Roy

Calm music to help you while away a lazy day and be a little self-indulgent! Put your feet up, read your favorite book, open a...continue...

Tribute to Piazzollo / Ernesto Acher & CO

1 CD / Acqua Records / 2013-03-26

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Prepárense, tango; Lo que vendra; Marrón y azul, tango; Bandó, tango; Mufa 72, tango; Enrico IV; Retrato de Alfredo Gobbi, tango; Adiós Nonino, tango; Fracanapa, ...
Performers: Alfija, Gubaidullina; Barraquero, Cecilia; Bru, Marcelo [Cello]; Falasca, Daniel; Falasca, Tomas [Double Bass]; Falconi, Gabriel; Lulja, Demir; Masci, Sebastian; Medina, Claudio; Medina, Grace; Muran...
Conductors: Acher, Ernesto
Ensemble: ; Ernesto Acher Chamber Orchestra

Argentinean composer, arranger, and musician, Acher, directed and arranged this tribute to Piazzolla performed by a twenty one piece chamber orchestra. The compositional challenge, in...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Astral, Buenos Aires (11/2011)....continue...

Top 50 Favourite Classical Chillout Tunes by Mozart, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, Schubert and Liszt

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan"; Serenade no 13 in G, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Serenade no 10 in B flat, K. 361/370a "Gran Partita"; Concerto f...
Performers: Austbo, Hakon; Berkhemer, Joan; Crombach, Sara; David, Nadia; Dubach, Alexandre; Giacometti, Paolo; Goldenweiser, Alexander [Composer]; Goldstein, Misha; Grauwels, Marc; Groop, Monica; Han, Derek; He...
Conductors: Vermeulen, Dirk; Paavo, Järvi; Goodman, Roy; Sharon, Gil [Violin]; Vonk, Hans; Zweden, Jaap van; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Marturet, Eduardo; Ermler, Mark; Menuhin, Yehudi; Schneider, Alexander; Fe...
Ensemble: ; Cambridge Ensemble; Consort of London; La Magnifica Comunità ; La Petite Bande; Musica ad Rhenum

A classical TOP 50, aiming at a public not specifically acquainted with classical music: young urban people with an open mind, who will enjoy the...continue...
Includes work(s) by Alessandro Marcello....continue...

Cross Connection: Selected Works of Henry Wolking & James Scott Balentine / Robert Walzel, clarinet; Eric Wolf Stomberg, bassoon

1 CD / Navona / 2013-03-26

Works: Henry Wolking: Gone Playin', concerto for clarinet & orchestra; The Old Gypsy, for string quartet; James Scott Balentine: Dún Eideann Blogh, concerto for clarinet, bassoon & orchestra; Unspecifi...
Performers: Kopyt, Igor [Violin]; Muzik, Vit; Muzikova, Dominika; Pavlik, Marian; Stomberg, Eric; Walzel, Robert
Conductors: Vronsky, Petr
Ensemble: ; Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra

Cross Connection features the works of Wolking and Balentine. Both composers' works consider the meaning of life, love, and music, and the relationship between each....continue...
Recording information: Reduta Hall, Olomouc, Czech Republic....continue...

Brahms: Complete Chamber Music for Clarinet / Laura Ruiz Ferreres; Christoph Berner, piano; Danjulo Ishizaka, cello

2 Super Audio CD / Audite / 2013-03-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: Trio for clarinet (or viola), cello & piano in A minor, Op. 114; Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 2 in E f...
Performers: Berner, Christoph; Ferreres, Laura Ruiz; Ishizaka, Danjulo
Conductors:
Ensemble: Manderlring String Quartett

This recording of the complete chamber music works for clarinet by Johannes Brahms is presented with first rate interpreters: Gifted clarinettist Laura Ruiz Ferreres and...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem (2012-02-09_2012-02-11&2012-)....continue...

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Clarinet Quintet / Patrick Messina, clarinet; Philharmonia Quartett Berlin

1 CD / Radio France / 2013-03-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581
Performers: Messina, Patrick [Clarinet]
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Orchestre National de France

Mozart's passion for the clarinet is well documented, and his compositions for the instrument rank among the most treasured of the great composer's output. This...continue...

Norbert Burgmuller: Songs and Chamber Music / Ulrike Fulde, soprano; Manja Raschka, mz; Andreas Fischer, tenor

1 CD / Querstand / 2013-03-12

Works: Norbert Burgmüller: Songs (6), for voice & piano, Op. 3; Rhapsody for piano in B minor, Op. 13; Deutsche Lieder (5), for voice & piano, Op. 6; Ständchen, for clarinet, viola & guitar in E f...
Performers: Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Fulde, Ulrike; Hartmann, Andreas; Henneberg, Kristin; Plock, Felix; Raschka, Manja; Roske, Alexander; Sannemuller, Matthias; Wieschebrink, Anna

One of the most gifted composers in the first half of the 19th century, Norbert Burgmüller had a close connection with Felix Mendelssohn (who premiered...continue...
Recording information: MDR Studio Augustusplatz, Leipzig, Germany (11/2009)....continue...

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622; Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 in C minor / Matthias Schorn: clarinet

2 CD / CAvi Music / 2013-03-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108
Performers: Schorn, Matthias
Conductors: Milton, Nicholas
Ensemble: ; Innviertler Symphony Orchestra

This new release features Matthias Schorn, first solo clarinet player of the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Nicholas Milton. The orchestra features members of famous orchestras...continue...
Recording information: Konzerthalle Ried, Inngreis, Austria (08/31/2012-09/01/2012)....continue...

Jean Françaix: Le Gai Paris - chamber music with winds / Eric Aubier, trumpet; Philippe Cuper, clarinet; Lola Descours, bassoon

1 CD / Indesens / 2013-03-12

Works: Jean Françaix: Le Gay Paris, for solo trumpet, flute,2 oboes, 2 clarinets, basson, contrabassoon & 2 horns; Concerto for clarinet & orchestra with strings, harp & piano; Divertimento for flute &...
Performers: Aubier, Eric; Cuper, Philippe; Descours, Lola; Francaix, Jean; Gallet, Pascal; Lucas, Vincent; Prost, Nicolas; Sajot, Jean-Louis [Clarinet]; Wagschal, Laurent
Conductors: Cuper, Philippe; Françaix, Jean;
Ensemble: Octuor a Vent Paris-Bastille; Paris Wind Octet

Jean Françaix personified grace and humor, clarity and modesty, tenderness and intelligence. He aspired to be the continuation of a line that, after Debussy and...continue...
Recording information: Antony, France (02/2012/05/2012); Auditorium du CRR de Saint-Maur (02/2012/05/2012); Rennes (02/2012/05/2012); Sequenza, Montreuil, Canada (02/2012/05/2012); Temple Saint-Marcel...continue...

Ernesto Lecuona: The Piano Music; Selected Songs / Carole Farley, soprano, John Constable, piano, Polish National RSO, Michael Bartos [6 CDs]

6 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-07

Works: Ernesto Lecuona: Rapsodia Negra for piano and orchestra; Andalucía, suite for piano (Suite Española); Ante el Escorial; Zambra gitana, for piano; Aragonesa, for piano; Granada, for piano; Z...
Performers: Constable, John [Keyboards]; Engel, Bruce [Trumpet]; Farley, Carole; Fleishaker, Vivian [Oboe]; Geissinger, Katie; Henreckson-Farnum, Elizabeth; Hoff, Denise; Jolles, Renee; Kocher, Gerald [Trumpet];...
Conductors: Bartos, Michael
Ensemble: ; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Desert Island Discs

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-05

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Paganini Variations; Giaco...
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Baillie, Alexander; Bjorling, Jussi; Boriskin, Michael; Botha, Johan; Chen, Evelyn; Dawson, Lynne; Farrall, Joy; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Ormandy, Eugene; Slatkin, Leonard; Pritchard, John; Cleobury, Nicholas; Daniel, Paul; McGegan, Nicholas; Szell, George; Previn, Andre; Foster, Lawrence; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Carl; S...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

Jack Reacher [Music from the Motion Picture]

1 CD / La-La Land Records / 2013-03-05

Works: Joe Kraemer: Jack Reacher, film score
Performers: Altenbach, Richard; Becknell, Steven; Bisharat, Charlie; Bleth, Chris [Oboe]; Bosler, Annie [Horn]; Brand, Jacqueline; Brophy, Robert; Cani, Roberto; Clark, Heather; Clark, Stuart [Clarinet]; Clayton...
Conductors: Kraemer, Joe

Recording information: Streisand Scoring Stage, Sony Pictures Studios....continue...

The music of Eleni Karaindrou - Concert in Athens / Kashkashian, Garbarek, Christopoulos, Karaindrou, Nastasa, Ripo, Gadedi et al.

1 CD / ECM / 2013-03-05

Works: Eleni Karaindrou: Death of a Salesman; Eternity and a Day; Closed Roads, for viola & orchestra; Number Ten; Voyage to Cythera; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; The Glass Menangerie; Landscape in the M...
Performers: Anthis, Socratis; Bildea, Maria; Boulard, Marie-Cecile [Clarinet]; Christopoulos, Vangelis; Dimitriadis, Aris; Gadedi, Stella; Garbarek, Jan; Hadjiiordanou, Dinos; Karaindrou, Eleni; Kashkashian, Kim...
Conductors: Myrat, Alexander
Ensemble: ; Camerata Friends of Music Orchestra

An exceptional live recording, Concert In Athens, the tenth ECM release by Greek composer Eleni Karaindrou incorporates moving performances by guests Kim Kashkashian and Jan...continue...
Recording information: Megaron, Athens (11/19/2010)....continue...

Identity Thief

1 CD / La-La Land Records / 2013-03-05

Works: Christopher Lennertz: Identity Thief, film score; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Fred Wesley: The Payback
Performers: Anassian, Armen; Ariondo, Nick; Banducci, Brett; Bandy, Briana; Bauer, Alisha; Bergeron, Wayne; Bisharat, Charlie; Bleth, Chris [Oboe]; Booth, Bill; Brown, Amanda [The Voice/New York]; Chedwiggen, Da...
Conductors: Lennertz, Christopher

Recording information: Eastwood Scoring Stage, Burbank, CA; Sonic Fuel Studios, El Segundo, CA....continue...

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4 / Osmo Vanska, Minnesota Orch.

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-01

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Symphony no 4 in A minor, Op. 63
Performers: Hara, Burt; Ross, Anthony
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo
Ensemble: ; Minnesota Orchestra

Duke Ellington: Tone Poems - Black, Brown & Beige; Harlem; The River; Take the "A" Train / Sal Andolina, clarinet; Amy Licata, violin

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Duke Ellington: Harlem; Black, Brown and Beige Suite; Three Black Kings; The River, suite from the ballet for orchestra; Billy Strayhorn: Take the A Train
Performers: Andolina, Salvatore; Anthony di Lorenzo [Composer/Trumpet]; Licata, Amy [Violin]
Conductors: Falletta, JoAnn
Ensemble: ; Buffalo Philharmonic

Duke Ellington was a master of Big Band jazz but he also wrote in a variety of other forms including tone poems and ballets. The...continue...
Recording information: Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York, USA (05/09/2012-05/11/2012)....continue...

CDCM Computer Music Series, Vol. 39: Music from the University of North Texas Center for Experimental Music

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-02-26

Works: Larry Austin: Redux, for violin & computer music; David Bithell: Hithering, an interactive environment for trumpet & computer generated sound; Joseph Klein: Zwei Parabeln nach Franz Kafka, for narrat...
Performers: Austin, Larry; Bithell, David; Clark, Thomas; Errante, F. Gerard; Gnage, Patrick; Greer, Jonathan; Klein, Heidi Dietrich [Vocals]; Klein, Joseph; Lamneck, Esther; May, Andrew; McNutt, Elizabeth; Nels...
Conductors: Gibbons, Henry

Gottfried Hendrik Mann: Clarinet Concerto; Violin Concerto; Festpraludium; Troisieme Suite / Sebastian Manz, clarinet; Akkiko Yamada, violin

1 CD / CPO / 2013-02-26

Works: Johan Gottfried Hendrik Mann: Feest Preludium, for orchestra, Op. 95; Concerto for Clarinet in C minor, Op. 90; Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 101; Suite for orchestra no 3 in B flat major, Op. ...
Performers: Manz, Sebastian; Yamada, Akiko
Conductors: Bäumer, Hermann
Ensemble: ; Osnabrucker Symphonieorchester

This album features a piece from Holland that is highly virtuosic and melodious - a clarinet concerto from the late romantic era of 1885. Rising...continue...
Recording information: Stadthalle Osnabrück (08/2010)....continue...

Capriccio - Mid-Century Music for Clarinet / Howard, Carno

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-02-26

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Heinrich Sutermeister: Capriccio in A for unaccompanied clarinet; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for clarinet...
Performers: Carno, Zita; Howard, David

Poulenc: Chamber Music / Pentaedre; David Jalbert, piano

1 CD / ATMA / 2013-02-26

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sextet for wind quintet & piano in C major, FP 100; Sonata for Flute and Piano; Élégie, for horn & piano, FP 168; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Trio for oboe, bassoon & pi...
Performers: Bourget, Danielle; Carpentier, Martin; Forget, Normand; Jalbert, David; Lussier, Mathieu; Marsolais, Louis-Philippe
Conductors:
Ensemble: Pentaèdre (Woodwind Quintet)

Francis Poulenc's catalogue contains some 200 works, consisting of mostly of vocal music. It also includes many pieces for piano, four concertos, music for the...continue...
Recording information: Salle Pierre-Mercure, Centre Pierre-Péladeau, Montréal, (10/2010)....continue...

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; Concerto in F / André Previn, piano, LSO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; Concerto for Piano in F major
Performers: de Peyer, Gervase; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

EMI Classics relaunches the popular EMI Master Series: The definitive series of great classical music from a trove of the most notable and revered classical...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (06/04/1971/06/06/1971)....continue...

Franz Hummel: Symphony for Clarinet and Orchestra; Violin Symphony / Giora Feidman, clarinet; Elena Denisova, violin

1 CD / TYXart / 2013-02-26

Works: Franz Hummel: Hatikva, for clarinet & orchestra; Fukushima, for violin & orchestra
Performers: Denisova, Elena; Feidman, Giora; Hummel, Franz
Conductors: Kornienko, Alexei
Ensemble: ; Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Franz Hummel is widely acclaimed as one of Europe's most original composers. He began his career as a virtuoso pianist, performing in concert throughout Europe...continue...
Recording information: Sinfonischer Sommer Riedenburg/Bavaria....continue...

Carlos Sanchez Gutiérrez: Diaries - Works for Large Ensemble / Cristina Valdes, Makoto Nakura, Daniel Pesca

1 CD / Urtext (Mexico) / 2013-02-26

Works: Carlos Sánchez-Gutiérrez: ...Ex Machina, for piano, marimba & orchestra; Diaries, for piano & orchestra; Memos (5), for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano & percussion; Son del coraz...
Performers: Gerber, Stuart; Hurwitz, Hanna; Kim, Isabel; Li, Richard [Clarinet]; Nakura, Makoto; Pesca, Daniel; Valdes, Cristina
Conductors: Trigos, Juan
Ensemble: Eastman Broadband; Eastman BroadBand Ensemble

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

1 CD / Centaur / 2013-02-26

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...

Erling Wold: A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil / Ken Berry Rachel Wylie, Tod Brody, Melissa Vainio, Fred Morgan and Marja Mutru

1 CD / Minmax / 2013-02-26

Works: Erling Wold: A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil, chamber opera
Performers: Amat, Laurie; Berry, Ken; Brody, Tod; Cave, Jim; Gwinn, Deborah; Hugh Livingston [Composer/Cello]; Josheff, Peter; Morgan, Fred; Mutru, Marja; Rose, Ellen; Vainio, Melissa; Wylie, Rachael
Conductors: McClure, Deirdre

Paris Méchanique - works by L. Anderson; Francaix; Joplin; Milhaud; Poulenc; Morricone; Satie et al / Michael Riessler, Pierre Charial, Sabine Meyer Trio

1 CD / Marsyas / 2013-02-26

Works: Gabriel Pierné: Cydalise et le Chèvre-Pied, ballet; Jean Françaix: Danses Exotiques (8) for 2 pianos; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for 2 clarinets, FP 7; Michael Riessler: I Venti, for clar...
Performers: Charial, Pierre; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Riessler, Michael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Di Clarone

"Stellar clarinet player Sabine Meyer has never been heard in a similar program and instrumentation. A program of fun and tuneful short works." -Audiophile...continue...
Includes work(s): introduction mécanique / le flaneur des d by various composers....continue...

50 Best London Symphony Orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 8 in F, Op. 93; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 4; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony ...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; de Peyer, Gervase; Isserlis, Steven; Loriod, Jeanne; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Previn, Andre; Boult, Adrian; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Khachaturian, Aram; Hickox, Richard; Davis, Colin; Barbirolli, John

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks from the catalogues of EMI Records, EMI Classics and Virgin Classics of recordings by the London Symphony Orchestra under...continue...

Carl Philipp Stamitz: Quartets for Clarinet / Arthur Campbell, clarinet; Gregory Maytan, violin; Paul Swantek, viola; Pablo Mahave-Veglia, cello

1 Super Audio CD / Audite / 2013-02-26

Works: Carl Stamitz: Quartet for clarinet & strings in E flat major, Op. 19/3; Quartet for clarinet & strings in B flat major, Op. 19/2; Quartet for clarinet & strings in E flat major, Op. 19/1; Quartet for...
Performers: Campbell, Arthur; Mahave-Veglia, Pablo; Maytan, Gregory; Swantek, Paul

Carl Stamitz's Clarinet Quartets Op. 8 and Op. 19 are remarkable documents of the development of the clarinet's cantabile qualities, and the increasing significance of...continue...
Recording information: Himmelfahrtskirche, München-Sendling (11/28/2011-11/30/2011)....continue...

Antony Girard (b. 1959): In Praise of Folly; The Marriage of Orpheus; The Circle of Life / Genevieve Girard, piano; Jean-Marc Fessard, clarinet; Fabrice Bihan, cello

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Anthony Girard: Eloge de la folie, for clarinet & piano; Les Noces d'Orphée, for clarinet, cello & piano; L'Effroi de la nuit froide, for clarinet; Le Cercle de la Vie, preludes (24) for piano
Performers: Bihan, Fabrice [Cello]; Fessard, Jean-Marc [Clarinet]; Girard, Genevieve

A wide-ranging program from a contemporary French composer for whom Minimalism, oriental music, poetry and mysticism are central to his works....continue...
Recording information: Marcel Landowski Auditorium, Paris....continue...

Adolf Busch: Chamber Music for Clarinet and Strings / Wolfgang Meyer: clarinet; Eisler Quartett

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2013-02-13

Works: Adolf Busch: Serenade for string quartet in G major, Op. 14; Bagatelles (7) for clarinet, viola & cello, Op. 53a; German Dance for clarinet, violin & cello in F major, Op. 26c; Duet for violin & clar...
Performers: Linder, Clemens; Meyer, Mischa; Meyer, Wolfgang [Clarinet]; Sachse, Pauline [Viola]; Weber, Elisabeth
Conductors:
Ensemble: Eisler Quartett

After his emigration to the U.S. in 1939, Adolf Busch founded the famous School of Music in Marlboro. Well known as both a solo performer...continue...
Recording information: Festsaal Fürstenhaus, Weimar, Germany (03/2012)....continue...

Jennifer Higdon: An Exaltation of Larks - Scenes from the Poet's Dream; Light Refracted; An Exultation of Larks / Gary Graffman, piano; Todd Palmer, clarinet

1 CD / Bridge / 2013-02-12

Works: Jennifer Higdon: An Exaltation of Larks, for string quartet; Scenes from the Poet's Dreams, for piano, left hand & string quartet; Light Refracted, for clarinet, violin, viola, cello & piano
Performers: Buck, Deborah; Graffman, Gary; Lockwood, Kathryn; McMillen, Blair; Palmer, Todd; Stinson, Caroline
Conductors:
Ensemble: Lark String Quartet

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
This new album from Bridge Records confirms the very significant poetic side to the music of American...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters (11/17/2011-11/19/2011)....continue...

Christopher Gunning: Concertos for Guitar, Clarinet and Flute / Gunning, RPO

1 CD / Discovery / 2013-02-12

Works: Christopher Gunning: Concerto for guitar & orchestra ("Requerdos do Mallorca"); Concerto for clarinet & orchestra; Concertino for flute & orchestra
Performers: Handley, Catherine; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Whight, Michael
Conductors: Gunning, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Christopher Gunning has made a reputation for his compositions in film, TV, and the concert hall. After he worked with Craig Ogden on many TV...continue...