Benny Goodman: Clarinet Classics
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Benny Goodman: Clarinet Classics
Benny Goodman (clarinet) with Budapest String Quartet, Nadia Reisenberg (piano) & others
[ Heritage / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 23 September 2014
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As a jazz clarinettist Benny Goodman had no peer. But his enthusiasm and virtuosity led him to interpret the most important works of the classical clarinet canon and to commission new works. This CD release gathers together some of his most notable achievements in the genre of classical music including Bartok's Contrasts with the composer at the piano, and the famous recording of the Mozart Clarinet Quintet with the Budapest String Quartet.
Tracks:
Bartók:
Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano, BB 116, Sz. 111
with Bela Bartok (piano) & Joseph Szigeti (violin)
Beethoven:
Variations on 'Là ci darem la mano' from Mozart's 'Don Giovanni', WoO 28
arr. Bellison
with Nadia Reisenberg (piano)
Brahms:
Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120 No. 2
with Nadia Reisenberg (piano)
Debussy:
Rhapsody for clarinet & piano (or orchestra), L. 116 'Première rapsodie'
The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York, Sir John Barbirolli
Mozart:
Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581
Budapest String Quartet
Weber:
Rondo
from Grand Duo Concertante in E Flat, Op. 48 (3rd Movt.)
with Nadia Reisenberg (piano)
