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The Virtuoso Clarinet

10/1/2010, 14 Tracks, 1:13:53

Featuring

  • Michael Collins
  • Piers Lane
  • Alamiro Giampieri
  • André Messager
  • Darius Milhaud
  • Donato Lovreglio
  • George Gershwin
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Carl Maria von Weber
  • Simon Milton

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Performer Biography

Michael Collins, the clarinetist on this album, received the Royal Philharmonic Society's Instrumentalist of the Year Award for expanding his instrument's repertoire.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

The clarinet, though developed in the early 18th century, only became standardized as the instrument we know today by the 1830s.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

The piano used for this recording is a Steinway Model D hybrid grand piano, built in 1936 and fully restored in 2007 by Steinway Hamburg/London.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The album was recorded in February 2010 at the Britten Studio, Hoffmann Building, Snape Maltings, Suffolk.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Piers Lane, the pianist on this album, has performed with many leading orchestras and is the Artistic Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Many works on this album are arrangements of music originally for other instruments, adapted to showcase the clarinet's agility and tone.

Source: Booklet

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©℗ 2010 Chandos