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In Reply to: RE: What is your single-most best clarinet solo piece - any type music? posted by Frihed89 on October 31, 2009 at 10:19:49
You can't argue with Mozart, Brahms, Goodman and Russell, but I'll add a few:Schubert - the Shepherd on the Rock and the Octet (btw - Beethoven's Septet, which inspired the Octet, is a lot of fun, but Schubert's writing for the clarinet is superior)
Bruch wrote eight lovely pieces for clarinet, viola and piano - they have a Chopinesque romanticism
Buddy DeFranco and Art Tatum from the Group Materpieces series - my favorite jazz clarinet album
And I'll second the Messaien which was mentioned but not sufficiently highlighted.
Edits: 11/02/09
If I didn't sufficiently highlight Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, one of the greatest chamber music pieces of the 20th century. I heard it performed in recital by Metropolitan Opera principal Anthony McGill shortly before he played at Obama's inauguration. He is one amazing clarinet player.
You mention some other great works featuring the clarinet, but not necessarily in a solo role. If we're going in that direction, I'll add Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, with those delicious clarinet solos representing the cat. Also, though not quite on the level of some of the music under discussion, Carl Maria von Weber's quintet and concertino are not to be missed.
I am from the generation of kids that will probably die with voice of Sterling Holloway playing in the basement of their brains. David Bowie doesn't add much..
"Live free or die"
Without that brilliant story written by Prokofiev himself, after he (wisely) rejected the story that was originally to be used? What you need is a better voice. I like Sir John Gielgud. Or you could try Sean Connery or Patrick Stewart. Two to avoid -- Basil Rathbone and Dame Edna Everage.
Cyril Richard as well as Peter Ustinov but - hey - that's just me
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
Yes, those two are great - there is also one with Kent Nagano conducting, with Sting and Ian McKellan, and Vanessa Redgrave doing the voices.
Seriously, I agree with you. I was at that concert as well. I was late and missed the first half (Elliot Carter). I had to sit outside for 45 minutes and then fight my way in to hear the Messaien in the second half, but it was worth it.I'm going to hear McGill do the Mozart concerto with the Westchester Philharmonic (Itzak Perlman, conductor) later this month.
I agree that several of the works I mentioned do not feature the clarinet as the central solo instrument, but Schubert's writing for the clarinet in the Octet is particularly beautiful.
Edits: 11/03/09
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