Bozza - Aria
Brahms - Clarinet Quintet
Brahms - Sonata Op. 120 No. 1
Brahms - Sonata Op. 120 No. 2
Cooke - Sonata
Copland - Clarinet Concerto
Debussy - Première Rhapsodie
Finzi - Clarinet Concerto
Finzi - Five Bagatelles
Gade - Fantasiestücke
Hindemith - Sonata
Hurlstone - Four Characteristic Pieces
Ireland - Fantasy Sonata
Lutoslawski - Dance Preludes
Milhaud - Duo Concertante
Milhaud - Sonatine
Mozart - Clarinet Concerto
Mozart - Clarinet Quintet
Poulenc - Sonata
Rachmaninov - Vocalise
Saint-Saëns - Sonata
Schumann - Fantasiestücke (Soiréestücke)
Stravinsky - Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo
Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 1
Weber - Clarinet Concerto No. 2
Weber - Clarinet Quintet
Weber - Concertino
Weber - Grand Duo Concertante
Weber - Variations
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Sergei Rachmaninov: Vocalise
Programme Note
Sergei Rachmaninov is perhaps best known for his piano music, characterised by that unmistakeable Russian melancholy. A similar yearning pervades this beautiful wordless song, Vocalise. Originally written for voice and piano, the clarinet is perhaps the best of all instruments for which it has been transcribed to produce a pure, vocal-like sonority. As the long, expressive melody unfolds over gently shifting harmonies, the most important considerations for the soloist are phrasing, dynamics and tone colour.
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