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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/3 (June 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.        Audio Reviews: June 2019 Music of Fauré, Buide, Zemlinsky. Trio Séléné: Mingzhe Wang, clarinet; Eli Lara, cello; Ilya Poletaev, piano. G. Fauré: Trio in D Minor for clarinet (originally violin), cello and piano; F. Buide: Two Fragments for bass clarinet, cello and piano; A. von Zemlinsky: Trio for clarinet, cello, and piano. Summit DCD 723. Total time 63:23. Clarinetist Mingzhe Wang, a native of Wuhan, China, is a co-founder of Trio Séléné and associate professor of clarinet at Michigan State University. Previously, Wang received his graduate degrees fromRead More →

Clarinet and Saxophone Classics
30 March
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      Originally published in The Clarinet 45/2 (March 2018). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members. by Christopher Nichols Some 20 years ago, while still a high school student, I first encountered Clarinet Classics at the now defunct Tower Records Classical store on South Street in Philadelphia. I purchased several discs on that trip, one of which included The Early Clarinet Family, CC0004, which included works by Handel, Beethoven, Graupner, and Danzi performed on period instruments by English clarinetist Keith Puddy. At that time, I had acquired the music to Beethoven’s Duo No. 3 in B-flat, Wo027, for clarinet and bassoon and soughtRead More →

Christopher Nichols - Rory Boyle Music for Clarinet
18 March
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 Rory Boyle: Music for Clarinet. Fraser Langton, clarinet; James Willshire, piano. R. Boyle: Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, Burble, Four Bagatelles, Tatty’s Dance, Dramatis Personae, and Di Tre Re e Io. Delphian Records DCD34172. Total time 60:08. iTunes and Amazon This new recording features music written by the award-winning Scottish composer Rory Boyle (b. 1951). Composed over a 36-year span, from the 1979 Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano to Di Tre Re e Io, a trio commissioned in 2015, it represents a significant body of work. All of the music was new to this reviewer, and there is much to recommend: it is inventive, colorful,Read More →

The Chamber Works of Allen Brings
23 February
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 The Chamber Works of Allen Brings. Edward Gilmore, clarinet; Esther Lamneck, clarinet; Peter Rosenfeld, cello; Morey Ritt, piano; Lisa Hansen, flute; Susan Jolles, harp; Donald Pirone, piano; Cynthia Sikes, alto saxophone; Leo Grinhauz, cello; Allen Brings, piano; Alexander Kouguell, cello; Sebu Sirinian, violin; Liuh-Wen Ting, viola; Wolfram Koessel, cello; Daniel Phillips, violin; Garfield Moore, cello; Stephanie Watt, piano; Deborah Wong, viola; Adam Grabois, cello; Matt Sullivan, oboe; Gary Hamme, oboe; Judith Olson, piano. A. Brings: Duo Concertante for cello and piano, Fantasie for flute and harp, Fantasy Piece for piano four-hands, Chimeric Fantasy for alto saxophone, cello and piano, Sonata da Chiesa for cello, TrioRead More →

Christopher Nichols - Why Not
25 January
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 Why Not? Hedwig Swimberghe, clarinet; Inna Poroshina, piano. A. Lonque: Introduction et danse rustique; J. Bauer: Rondo kwartowe; J. Absil: Sicilienne; J. Feld: Scherzino; B. de Crepy: Repliques; J.M. Ruera: Meditacio; L. Cahuzac: Cantilene; W. Hildemann: Ritmi Dispari; M. Reger: Romanze in G major; I. Bazel: Elegie and Scherzo; G. Bacewicz: Easy Pieces; M. Deroo: Impromptu, Op. 72; V. Nossow: Walz “Junior”; N. Marchenkova-Frei: Augurio; G. Lyashenko: Con Amore; H. Swimberghe: My Tune 1, Le Printempos s’annonce and My Tune Too! Artist Produced. Total time: 61:36. hedwig.swimberghe@gmail.com Hedwig Swimberghe, Belgian clarinetist and a Selmer Paris artist, served as principal clarinetist in the Brussels Philharmonic (RadioRead More →