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Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart: Trios for Piano, Clarinet & Cello

1 review
Alexander Heller, Yo-Yo Ma, ...

Sony, 2004

Review of Cd
The Cd arrived on time, well packed and reasonably priced . My husband was very pleased with it,--thank you!

Begin Sweet World

3 reviews
Richard Stoltzman

RCA, 1990

This music immediately puts me in a reflective state of mind
The first time I heard this CD I had to have it for myself. I listen to it when I want to be reflective or just for relaxing. The clarinet practically speaks to you.

Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time

14 reviews
Fred Sherry, Richard Stoltzman, ...

RCA, 1989

A great work, a Catholic work
This recording of the "Quartet for the End of Time," one of the greatest musical works of the 20th century, is precious to me. Performers Peter Serkin (piano), Ida Kavafian (violin), Fred Sherry (cello), and Richard Stoltzman (clarinet) offer a stunning, heartfelt performance. Olivier Messiaen, a Frenchman born in 1908 who demonstrated an early gift for music as a pianist, composed the piece in a ...

Barber's Adagio / Munch, Galway, Boston SO Strings

42 reviews
Sadao Harada, Dan Kelly, ...

RCA, 1997

I'll have a number 4 when you bury me, please!
LOVE this music. It moves me. Plucks strings I did not know ran through my soul. Makes me feel the sadness of loss but keeps alive the hope of new doors to be opened, more life to experience. We buried my Uncle, a fine kind-hearted man this Wednesday, they played the ubitquitous "Amazing Grace" when had they asked me, I would have had them hear this and pull them from the path they know so ...

Ax, Stoltzman, Ma : Brahms, Beethoven, Mozart : Trios for Piano, Clarinet, Cello

10 reviews
Yo-Yo Ma, Richard Stoltzman, ...

Sony, 1995

Perfect together
I'm not usually one for collections of classical music "greats." But this Sony Classical CD isn't an instance of the "usual" such affairs. Rather the performances of the 18th Century Mozart and Beethoven and 19th Century Brahms trios were recorded at a concert series at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston from June 27 to June 29, 1993. I'd love to have listened live. But hearing a ...

Mozart: The Piano Quartets

1 review
Yo-Yo Ma, Richard Stoltzman, ...

Sony, 2004

Masterful Mozart
These two "Piano Quartets" are Mozart at his most magnificent. The team of Ma, Ax, Stern and Laredo, who also brought us classic chamber recordings by Beethoven, Brahms, Faure, and most recently Dvorak, here tackle Mozart with glowing results. I have to say that while I'm a huge fan of Yo-Yo Ma and Isaac Stern, I can be luke warm about Emanuel Ax . While I don't dispute his virtuosity, I ...

Aria

8 reviews
Kalmen Opperman Clarinet Choir, Richard Stoltzman, ...

RCA, 1997

Stoltzman being Stoltzman!
One thing that I love about Stoltzman (it's the thing many hate about him) is his stylistic flamboyance. While his bravado may be somewhat out of place in more reserved pieces (I personally don't feel this way, though I can see how one could make the argument), it seems completely at home here. After all, what's more flamboyant than opera?!?! A diverse style is represented here, including ...

Mozart for Relaxation

6 reviews
Richard Stoltzman, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...

RCA, 1999

A Musical Tranquilizer
This is a terrific collection of many of Mozart's best known and most beloved pieces. You will probably recognize many of the melodies - and with this CD, of course, you'll learn their names. This CD is really aptly named - it is a very 'relaxing' collection of beautiful music. One reviewer said that its great for the car - but also after that long, grinding day at work - you know, the kind ...

Dreams

2 reviews
Richard Stoltzman

RCA, 1994

Dreams of Clarinet Music
You can't imagine how I was impressed when I first heard Cinema Paradiso (an arrangement with both main theme and love theme of the wonderful film with the same title) played by Richard Stoltzman with his clarinet. The beautiful tone color, the dreaming atmosphere, the warmth and the heaven of music......all are unforgettable. (I can say that this arrangement is in the tempo that satisfy me ...

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto; Clarinet Quintet

4 reviews
Richard Stolzman, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...

RCA, 2004

How Can You Review God?
Mozart's clarinet concerto belongs in a circle of heaven shared only with his clarinet quintet, and I say that even though I'm not a clarinetist. I came looking for a performance of the quintet which seems not to be listed, but I found this CD instead, which I've heard at a friend's house.Stoltzman plays with lots of humanity but no surprising technical insights. This is a good performance of ...

The Fabulous Danny Boy Album

5 reviews
Ofra Harnoy, Richard Stoltzman, ...

Sbme Special Mkts., 2008

gHosts of ChristmAses Past-Sung in Angelic muse Cleansings--
I urge all unheroes of Archies,rightists, leftists and deGrEEd licensured dogooders to listen to these spirited cleansing sounds in quiet solitude, as did I; briefly--.It is, I believe, for all for have suffered the Terror,Fear, Anger,shame--and (in) dignity of surviving a war or two--Whether domestic, foreign, Corporal-(including religious,Judicial,legal, or NFP "Living Entity") or as a ...

Copland: Clarinet Concerto; Bernstein, Gershwin / Stoltzman

62 reviews
Richard Stoltzman, Leonard Bernstein, ...

RCA, 1993

Fantastic urban drama backed by an all-star cast
Cop land seems to be under appreciated now after being out on the shelves a few years, and it is truly a shame. This movie has some shock value in a couple of areas, and those dynamics were crucial for its initial success in telling a compelling, character driven story that is wrought with suspense and action. The first of these things is the performance of Sylvester Stallone as Sheriff Freddy ...

Brahms, Weber : Clarinet Quintets

3 reviews
Sadao Harada, Richard Stoltzman, ...

RCA, 1995

Wonderful
I think that Stoltzman really delivers on this CD. The Brahms Quintet is a beautiful composition, and I think Stoltzman plays it perfectly. The performance is uniquely Stoltzman, but he holds back slightly from his usual flamboyance (he saves it for the Weber). Speaking of which, I think his Weber is wonderful. Stoltzman's flashy style is perfect for Weber's music, and the Quintet is no ...

Marlboro Music Festival-40th Anniversary: Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361; Sonata in B-Flat ...
Alexander Heller, Christopher Millard, ...

Sony, 1991

The Essential Clarinet

6 reviews
Richard Stoltzman, Leonard Bernstein, ...

RCA, 1992

Absolutely Unbelievable...
Okay, at the risk of sounding crazy, Richard Stoltzman is the greatest thing that ever happened to clarinet music!! There are no words to describe the great talent he displays on this CD. I've personally perfomed the Copland Concerto (not anywhere nearly as well as him, though) and I'm baffled by his technical skill and how easy he makes it sound. I've heard many versions of this (including ...

Brahms: Sonatas for Clarinet & Piano, Op.120

10 reviews
Richard Stoltzman, Johannes Brahms

RCA, 1989

I love this Brahms...
I have both the Harold Wright and Stoltzman CDs of the Brahms Sonatas, and I personally prefer Stoltzman's version (since I'm reviewing Stoltzman, I'll avoid comparison with Wright as much as I can). Many complain that Stoltzman doesn't get the nuance of Brahms music and that he over-plays... Frankly I don't see it. His playing exudes passion and fury in the more passionate moments of the ...

Takemitsu: A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden

2 reviews
Richard Stoltzman, Toru Takemitsu, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2005

Important middle-period works in historical performances happily reissued
This collection of pieces by Takemitsu comes in Deutsche Grammaphon's "Echo 20/21" series of reissues of contemporary music. The original was a Japanese release unavailable elsewhere except as a rare import, and its wider ability is to be welcomed, as it holds some of Takemitsu's most important pieces from the 1960s and 1970s, though generally skipping over his modernist apogee of the early ...

Introducing World of American Jewish Music [Milken Archive of American Jewish Music]

1 review
Kevin Deas, Yaron Windmuller, ...

Milken Archive, 2003

Wonderful introduction to a distinguished new series
I can't express how excited I am about this new series from Naxos and the Milken Archive! There is some absolutely stunning music on this sampler, and I can't wait until the full recordings are released. Especially notable are Ernst Toch's "Cantata of the Bitter Herbs" (what gorgeous choral & orchestral writing), Paul Schoenfield's Viola Concerto (utterly fantastic excerpt "King David Dancing ...

The Fabulous Danny Boy Album

5 reviews
Ofra Harnoy, Richard Stoltzman, ...

RCA, 2000

gHosts of ChristmAses Past-Sung in Angelic muse Cleansings--
I urge all unheroes of Archies,rightists, leftists and deGrEEd licensured dogooders to listen to these spirited cleansing sounds in quiet solitude, as did I; briefly--.It is, I believe, for all for have suffered the Terror,Fear, Anger,shame--and (in) dignity of surviving a war or two--Whether domestic, foreign, Corporal-(including religious,Judicial,legal, or NFP "Living Entity") or as a ...

Mozart: Greatest Hits

4 reviews
Richard Stoltzman, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, ...

RCA, 1991

Great CD, Great Price!
This CD has all the songs you'd recognize for this great composer. We've played it every night for my daughter since she was 2 months old (she's 2 now) and she loves falling to sleep to it. You won't be disappointed and your wallet will thank you!

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