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

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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!)