The Concertino for Clarinet begins on a dark and dramatic note. To some listeners, the opening might recall a plaintive aria from an early 19th century opera. To other listeners, Carl Maria von ...

Movements from Mozart’s piano concertos, especially the slower ones, are often likened to his operatic arias. This comparison seems small beer when listening to the three clarinet concertos that Weber ...

Composer Carl Maria von Weber wrote some of the best-loved pieces for the clarinet. His Concertino for Clarinet, from 1811, is a great illustration of why clarinetists and other wind-section musicians ...

This concertino is lightly scored for clarinet with small orchestra, and notable for its delicate lyricism, especially in the first movement. The second and third movements are more virtuosic for the ...

Alan Paul: Clarinet Concerto; Joseph Horovitz: Concertante for clarinet & strings; Guy Woolfenden: Clarinet Concerto; Geoffrey Bush: Rhapsody for clarinet & strings; Malcolm McDonald: Cuban Rondo; ...

The presence of a concertino and a divertimento suggest a composer in lighter mode. And most of the works here find Busoni characteristically expressing his love of the past through the evocation of ...

Dale Clevenger, horn; Larry Combs, clarinet; David McGill, bassoon; Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, conductor and piano (Teldec). This release is for all who want to hear three of ...

For International Women's Day, we're dusting off a handful of gems from the archive.