"Includes full-length audio CD ; A complete companion to listening, learning, and playing"--Dust jacket. The accompanying compact disc contains selected movements from the works listed in the contents note, performed by various artists. Includes index.
BOOK CONTENTS : Overure -- The Clarinet Family -- Wind Instruments Around the World -- Instrumental Groups -- The History of the Clarinet -- How the Clarinet Works -- How the Clarinet Is Made -- How the Clarinet Is Played -- Mozart -- Beethoven -- Crusell -- Spohr -- Weber -- Rossini -- Mendelssohn -- Schumann -- Brahms -- Reger -- Great Players -- CD Track Listings -- Acknowledgements -- Index. AUDIO CD : [1] Clarinet quintet in A, K581 Mvt I. Allegro / [2] Clarinet trio in B flat, op. 11 Mvt I. Allegro con brio / [3] Clarinet concerto no. 2 in F minor, op. 5 Mvt III. Allegretto / [4] Octet in E, op. 32 Adagio - Allegro / [5] Grand duo concertante, op. 48 Mvt III Rondo: Allegro / [6] Introduction, theme, and variations for clarinet and orchestra / [7] Concert piece in D minor for clarinet, basset-horn, and orchestra, no. 2, op. 114 Presto - Andante - Allegretto grazioso / [8] Phantasiestücke, op. 73 Mvt III. Rasch und mit Feuer / [9] Clarinet quintet in B minor, op. 115 Mvt III Andantino - Presto non assai, ma con sentimento / [10] Clarinet quintet in A, op. 148 Mvt II Vivace - Un poco meno mosso - Tempo primo: Vivace / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Gervase de Peter (clarinet) ; Members of the Melos Ensemble of London -- Ludwig van Beethoven ; The Nash Ensemble of London -- Bernhard Crusell ; Antony Pay (clarinet) ; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment -- Louis Spohr ; Members of the Melos Ensemble of London -- Carl Maria von Weber ; Michael Collins (clarinet) ; Kathryn Stott (piano) -- Gioachino Antonio Rossini ; Gervase de Peter (clarinet) ; New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos -- Felix Mendelssohn ; Sabine Meyer (clarinet) ; Wolfgang Meyer (basset horn) ; Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn conducted by Jörg Faerber -- Robert Schumann ; Michale Collins (clarinet) ; Kathryn Stott (piano) -- Johannes Brahms ; Gervase de Peter (clarinet) ; Members of the Melos Ensemble of London -- Max Reger ; Gervase de Peter (clarinet) ; Members of the Melos Ensemble of London.