Clarinet Music on vinyl or CDs


I got back into playing clarinet again after a long break. I try to practice when I have free time(unfortunately not that much).

Of course with this I have renewed my interest in clarinet music as well.

Trying to buy some clarinet recordings and discover the selection especially at the stores, is pretty poor.

So far I purchased:
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 and Clarinet Quintet in A, K581 with Stoltzman;

French Works for Clarinet and piano(Saint-Saens, Devienne, Milhaud and Poulenc Sonatas) with Sabine Meyer,

The Essential Clarinet(Stravinsky Ebony Concerto, Corigliano Clarinet Concerto, Copland Clarinet Concerto) with Stoltzman.

I like Sabine Meyer's sound better than most of the Stoltzman's stuff(too much vibrato in his playing). Also, I highly recommend this cd I mentioned above. It is excellent as far as music and her playing is outstanding.

What would you recommend as good clarinet recordings? Vinyl or CD.

Looking for interesting suggestions to buy more music.

Chamber, solo, anything that may grab my attention.

As far as classical, I listen to anything from Mozart to Shostakovich.

Thanks in advance!
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Showing 2 responses by dupzyk

hi i love clarinet music and have a couple of suggestions for you:
1.harold wright w peter serkinh brahms sonatas and schumann fantasy pieces - boston records cd
2ricardo morales - french portraits also boston records cd
3david shifrin five american clarinet quintets lincoln center chamber music society delos cd
4. bruce yeh ebony converto ( stravinsky - reference recording cds
5. any harold right but particularly marlboro recordings which include the mozart and schubert's shepard on the rock-- i think you can find in both cd and vinyl
6. bartok contrasts -- I like a version on summit with valdepenas but there other good ones
7.if you are interested in sacd bis has some good brams/mozart and weber recordings by martin frost
8. stravinski - l'histoire du soldat - also like wright in this one ( not hard to see my favorite clarinetist)
Hope this helps Carol
Glad you liked the wright w serkin and the shepard on the rock -- those are two of my favorites too-- I think Wright is incredibly muiscal and his legato playing was unmatched id second rushtons seeking out ricardo morales recordings too-- ive heard hom a couple of times in person and i think he is fabulous. Carol