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Clarinet concertos anyone?

I'm interested in hearing some of your favorite Classical Clarinet CD's.
Just picked up nice 3 CD set called Romantic Clarinet Concertos from Brilliant Classics. The 1st piece alone, Conc #1 in F minor Op73,played by Emma Johnson with the English Chamber Orchestra, is worth the price of this bargain priced set($14 at CD Universe).
(However it is a reissue & it's excellent quality is most fully revealed by reversing the polarity on my Spectral preamp.)
I am interested in hearing of other Clarinet concerto CD's
with similar feel to the music.(For Jazz Clarinet lovers Pete Fountains CD "Swinging Blues" on Ranwood Records in 1990 is a gem(analog recording). I'd enjoy others like it also.
psacanli
eldartford
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I don't see anyone mentioning Benny Goodman. I only have jazz recordings by him, but he did play classical music also, and very well. I think that one well known composer wrote a piece dedicated to Goodman, and he played it.
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audphile1
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No doubt Benny Goodman was great.
Benny Goodman comissioned Copland to write a concerto for him.
Also, premiere of Poulenc's Clarinet sonata was given at Carnegie Hall by Benny Goodman with Leonard Bernstein.

I'd be interested to know of any decent quality Benny Goodman recording.
eldartford
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By the way...An interestring CD is SIMAX PSC 1290 which is a performance of Mozart K622 with viola in place of clarinet as it was played for many years. I think this is the only such recording. It is available from www.arkivmusic.com, or from Simax directly in Norway. You won't find this one at Best Buy, or even the other domestic web vendors. This is a good quality recent recording made in September 2006.
jndean
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Thanks to all. As always, I have learned alot.
John
psacanli OP
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Audphile1.
Cheers to you(as well as our other partakers).
Thanks kindly for your rather extensive input.
I learned only last night that many pieces can be auditioned on You Tube.
I was at a party and found that all the 'music' was coming off the net!
So with this mornings coffee started checking out your Bartok Contrasts suggestion(Menuhin). Incredibly involving & stimulating! Certainly a piece where high resolution (audiophile) gear proves very worthwhile-so much rich detail and all essential.
For me this is a "fabulous" late evening piece enjoyed almost as a meditation in a virtual dark vacuum with a snifter of something favorite.
This type of treasure allows me to deeply appreciate all the effort & investment I've made into refining my system to enable me to enjoy the art & depth of such pieces.
While doing this I've been listening to a very enjoyable little disc of Beethoven pieces for Flute & Piano featuring Emmanuel Pahud, Flute and Eric Lasage,Piano from a 4CD box set entitled simply Music for Flute on Naive label(only$20!)
More to discover