Dundonnell
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« on: November 14, 2012, 02:05:00 pm » |
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Chandos have recently commenced a British Clarinet Concerto series. The first release featured the most famous of these-the Stanford, Finzi and Arnold No.2. This got me thinking about the paucity of such Clarinet Concertos. I could think of only two such concertos prior to the Second World War-the Stanford and the Rawsthorne; fewer, I reckon, than Oboe Concertos, for example.
What follows is an attempt at a comprehensive list.....although, obviously, open to addition. I have ruthlessly excluded works entitled Concertino (Elizabeth Maconchy wrote two). So, Chandos.....which do you intend to add ??? The Cooke 2nd, the Gipps, the Hamilton would be a good start ;D
(* indicates multiple recordings; ** indicates download available from this site)
BRITISH CLARINET CONCERTOS
RECORDED:
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford(1852-1924): Clarinet Concerto(1902) *
Gordon Jacob(1895-1984): Mini-Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra(1980) (Hyperion)
Gerald Finzi(1901-56): Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra(1948-49) *
Alan Rawsthorne(1905-71): Concerto for Clarinet and Strings(1936-37) (Hyperion)
Arnold Cooke(1906-2005): Clarinet Concerto No.1(1955-56)(Hyperion) Sir Malcolm Arnold(1921-2006): Clarinet Concerto No.1(1948) * Clarinet Concerto No.2(1974) *
John Veale(1922-2006): Clarinet Concerto(1953) (ABC Classics)
Thea Musgrave(1928-): Clarinet Concerto(1969) (Lyrita)
Alun Hoddinott(1929-2008): Clarinet Concerto No.2(1986) (Clarinet Classics)
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies(1934-): Strathclyde Concerto No.4(1990) (Collins)
William Mathias(1934-92): Clarinet Concerto(1975) (Lyrita)
Howard Blake(1938-): Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra(1984) (Hyperion)
John McCabe(1939-): Clarinet Concerto(1977) (Clarinet Classics)
Edward Gregson(1945-): Clarinet Concerto(1994/2002) (Chandos)
James MacMillan(1959-): Clarinet Concerto “Ninian”(1996) (Bis)
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UNRECORDED:
Arnold Cooke(1906-2005): Clarinet Concerto No.2(1981-82)
Ruth Gipps(1921-99): Clarinet Concerto(1940)
Iain Hamilton(1922-2000): Clarinet Concerto(1949-50)
Wilfred Josephs(1927-97): Clarinet Concerto(1975)
Graham Whettam(1927-2007): Clarinet Concerto No.1(1959/2001) ** Clarinet Concerto No.2(1982)
Alun Hoddinott(1929-2008): Clarinet Concerto No.1(1950) **
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett(1936-): Clarinet Concerto(1987)
Derek Bourgeois(1941-): Clarinet Concerto(1976)
Robin Holloway(1943-): Clarinet Concerto(1996)
Paul Patterson(1947-): Concerto for Clarinet and Strings(1976)
Michael Berkeley(1948-): Clarinet Concerto(1991)
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patmos.beje
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« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2012, 04:53:32 pm » |
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There is also 'Movements for a Clarinet Concerto', the realisation by Colin Matthews of the incomplete and abandoned Clarinet Concerto by Benjamin Britten written for Benny Goodman.
The realisation of the first movement, from Britten's short score, was available on a Hyperion CD and, in my view. disclosed what could have been a very fine Concerto. As neither the second or third movements were even sketched by Britten, Matthews used parts of Britten's incomplete Sonata for Orchestra for a third movement and used the Mazurka Elegiaca for 2 pianos as the basis of the second movement. The result is, albeit not the complete Clarinet Concerto which Britten would have written, a Clarinet Concerto which contains music which is genuine Britten. I think it is a superb work.
It is available complete on NMC's 'Unknown Britten' CD of 2009. ::)
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David Carter
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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2012, 05:53:07 pm » |
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Thea Musgrave 1928 - Clarinet Concerto 1969 - LYRITA SRCD 253
and very nice it is to.
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