(Movements I and II Arranged for Clarinet in Bb and Piano). Composed by Igor Fyo...(+)
(Movements I and II
Arranged for Clarinet in
Bb and Piano). Composed
by Igor Fyodorovich
Stravinsky. Arranged by
David Dutkanicz. For Bb
clarinet, piano. 8 2
pages. Duration 7
minutes. Published by
Carl Fischer
Clarinet and Piano SKU: ST.C143 Composed by Alexander Glazunov. Wind & br...(+)
Clarinet and Piano
SKU: ST.C143
Composed by Alexander
Glazunov. Wind & brass
music. Clifton Edition
#C143. Published by
Clifton Edition
(ST.C143).
ISBN
9790570811434.
Alex
ander Konstantinovich
Glazunov (1865-1936)
trained under Rimsky-
Korsakov and became the
most illustrious Russian
composer and conductor
immediately succeeding
Tchaikovsky. Glazunov’s
close affinity with the
Saint Petersburg
Conservatory, of which
institution he would
later become Director for
more than two decades,
placed him ideally to
assist in the
Institute’s transition
to the Petrograd
Conservatory in the
immediate wake of the
Bolshevik Revolution of
1917. For the last six
years of his life,
Glazunov left the USSR,
feeling hemmed in by
propagandist restrictions
and at the same time out
of kilter with the
Modernist
movement.
He lived
in exile for a time,
touring the USA, before
eventually settling in
Paris, though his stoical
brand of Russian
Romanticism never waned.
Despite being partly
remembered for having
taught Shostakovich,
Glazunov was never known
as a revolutionary
composer, more inclined
to align himself with
19th century ideologies
than with the thrusting
new compositional paths
forged by Prokofiev and
others. Indeed, the
nationalistic movement so
successfully espoused by
Balakirev found a new
energy in Glazunov’s
hands, and he discovered
an opulence of scale
which leaned more in the
direction of
Borodin.
There can
be no doubting
Glazunov’s technical
mastery, which
successfully drew
together contrapuntal,
lyrical and virtuosic
skills, and which were
admired by the likes of
Liszt. Glazunov steered a
steady course at a time
when it was most sorely
needed; one need only
hear the marvellous
Violin Concerto in A
minor to experience the
full power and authority
of his writing, though he
possessed an enviable
touch with more intimate
forms too, such as those
readily to be heard in
these three charming
Miniatures
Op.42, originally
composed for
piano. Clarinet and
Piano Transcribed by
M
ark Tanner Grades
6 & 7 (Trinity Grades
6 & 7
syllabuses) Former
Spartan Press Cat. No.:
SP1360.
Clarinet and piano SKU: BR.EB-9440 Urtext based on the Brahms Complete...(+)
Clarinet and piano
SKU: BR.EB-9440
Urtext based on the
Brahms Complete Edition
of the Gesellschaft der
Musikfreunde in
Vienna. Composed by
Johannes Brahms. Edited
by Hans Gal. Solo
instruments; stapled.
Edition Breitkopf.
Sonata; Romantic. Sheet
Music. 40 pages. Duration
21'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 9440.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9440).
ISBN 9790004189177. 9
x 12 inches.
The
two sonatas of Johannes
Brahms's op. 120 are
widely hailed as crowning
points of the repertoire
for clarinet and piano.
Moreover, in the version
for viola and piano
arranged by Brahms
himself, they rank among
the most frequently
played viola works of the
19th century. They far
surpass in compositional
substance the relatively
few original sonatas
written for these
instrumentations during
the same period.Of the
two fellow works, the
Sonata No. 2 in E flat
major is the more
accessible. Diverging
from the
classical-romantic
tradition, Brahms used
the key of E flat major
here not to express the
heroic or monumental, but
to obtain lyrical,
chiefly restrained
characterizations. The
serenade-like beauty of
the principal theme,
which opens the sonata,
has always been
particularly admired. In
his review of the world
premiere, the renowned
Viennese music critic
Eduard Hanslick, a friend
of Brahms's, raves with
the words it was as if it
had fallen from the
Heavens. The closing set
of variations also
follows with gentle
gracefulness this lyrical
character. However, the
middle movement, with its
tempestuous outer
sections in E flat minor
and the hymnic trio in B
major provides a
passionate and serious
contrast, which allows
the flanking idyll to
unfold its beauties all
the more insistently.
Clarinet and piano SKU: P2.30137 Composed by Brain Balmages. Solo music, ...(+)
Clarinet and piano
SKU: P2.30137
Composed by Brain
Balmages. Solo music,
20th century. Published
by Potenza Music
(P2.30137).
Dream Sonatina
(2011) was commissioned
by Marguerite Levin,
former principal clarinet
of the Baltimore Opera
Orchestra and professor
of clarinet at Towson
University in Baltimore,
MD. Marguerite asked me
to reflect on recent
experiences encompassing
my 30s. Easily, those
experiences are wrapped
around my two children,
who were both born in
this same decade. The
piece, written in three
movements, captures some
of the unique moments of
early childhood. The
first movement, Daydream,
portrays a sleepy, yet
active little one trying
to interact with the new
world around him. The
second movement, Sweet
Dreams, captures the
peace and tranquility of
two little boys sleeping
in their beds after a fun
and crazy day. The final
movement, Bad Dreams, is
a more aggressive
movement that paints a
picture of the occasional
night terror that
children sometimes
experience. While it is
sinister in nature, it
also strikes a balance
with a lighter playful
quality as these dreams
are never truly
threatening. Dream
Sonatina was premiered on
October 9, 2011 in
Carnegie Hall (Weill
Recital Hall) by
Marguerite Levin
(clarinet) and R. Timothy
McReynolds (piano).