I had never heard of the French pianist Emma Boynet (1891-1974) before this remarkable release came to my attention and hooked me for life. Boynet studied with the legendary Isidor…
…her sound is not dense enough in the middle. But on CD size can be overlooked; there are good moments and bad. In the recit “Nel di della vittoria” she…
…distant, is clean and captures a nice clarinet tone. At budget price, it’s not a bad expense for two discs, and it’s an important document for young clarinet students. Musically…
…never allowing the listener to tire of too much clarinet timbre. The affecting second movement could make a stand-alone concert piece. The tunes are good and abundant, and although Sowash…
…of which she sings on her back, with her head hanging into the orchestra pit–with a splendid, right-on high E-flat near the scene’s end (not where it’s normally placed, but…
Paul Hindemith’s chamber music with clarinet includes some of his finest work in the medium. The 1939 Sonata for Clarinet and Piano finds the composer in a surprisingly relaxed and…
Janácek “specialist” Tomás Netopil claims to be playing the “September 1927 version” of the Glagolitic Mass. Problem is, there’s no such thing, if by that we mean a fully finished…
This disc contains all of Felix Mendelssohn’s chamber music for clarinet, which turns out to be only three pieces: Concert Piece for Clarinet, Basset Horn, and Pianoforte Op. 113; Sonata…
Ever wanted to hear Beethoven’s Violin Concerto on the clarinet? Here’s your chance to find out. Does it work? In theory, you’d think so. After all, wouldn’t Beethoven’s melodic purity…
…leading the conductor, Nicola Luisotti, but it’s not such a bad thing). It’s odd but effective and allows the pair to linger on their off-stage high C. There are split…