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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/4 (September 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.  Music Reviews: September 2019 STUDIES AND COLLECTIONS La belle aventure, Vols. 1–3. “Miniature works for great musicians in the making.” Three volumes of short pieces by composers Michalis Andronikou, Simon Bertrand, Éric Champagne, Hope Lee, Robert Lemay, Jean Lesage and Bruce Mather, compiled by Jean-Guy Boisvert. Doberman-Yppan, 2018. Vol. 1: $9.00 PDF, $10.00 print; Vol. 2: $11.70 PDF, $13.00 print; Vol. 3: $11.70 PDF, $13.00 print Clarinetist Jean-Guy Boisvert has made it his mission to promote works by fellow Canadians. To that end, he has commissioned nearly 20 composers to writeRead More →

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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/4 (September 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.    Audio Reviews: September 2019 RECORDINGS Bass Clarinet Essentials. Matthias Höfer, bass clarinet; Manami Sano, piano. O. Schoeck: Sonate, Op. 41; P. Hindemith: Sonate; A. Busch: Suite in D Minor, Op. 37a; E. Bozza: Ballade; E. Krenek: Prelude and Sonatine; A. Hába: Suite, Op. 100; M. Mower: Sonatina; J. Horák: Interviewausschnitt. Bremen Radiohall Records, LC 84828. Total time 72:35. It is an exciting time if you are a bass clarinetist; new works and materials are consistently being generated by many performers eager to contribute to the repertory. Bass clarinetist Matthias HöferRead More →

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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/3 (June 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.    Book Reviews Mitchell Estrin. Stanley Drucker: Clarinet Master. Carl Fischer, 2018. $32.99 Every aspiring clarinetist knows the name Stanley Drucker. His 61 years of service to the New York Philharmonic, countless premieres, solo performances and pedagogical insight are career highlights. These accomplishments only scratch the surface. Mitchell Estrin’s biography allows us to dive into Drucker’s life from the very beginning. The foreword by composer John Corigliano aptly provides the framework for the book. Corigliano’s violinist father was in the New York Philharmonic at the start of Drucker’s career and wasRead More →

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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 →

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Originally published in The Clarinet 46/3 (June 2019). Printed copies of The Clarinet are available for ICA members.  Music Reviews STUDIES AND WORKS FOR SOLO CLARINET Carl Baermann. Complete Method for Clarinet, Part 3, Op. 63. Arranged by Andrew Sprung. Alea Publishing, 2018 $20.00 Carl Baermann’s Complete Method for Clarinet, Part 3, Op. 63, is a nearly indispensable study for all clarinetists. This edition by Andrew Sprung is a reorganization and expansion of Baermann’s classic method to fit the bass clarinet with extended range to low C. Sprung is not the first to release such an adaptation. His edition draws parallels to an earlier release by Jack Snavely, formerRead More →