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  The Draper Family – A Musical Legacy

  
  

  This rare and extensive musical legacy of the Draper family in music, words and pictures is a significant new addition to the recording catalogue.

  It includes chamber, solo and works with orchestra by Brahms, Beethoven, Verdi, Bizet and Haydn, together with popular favourites with band arranged by the Draper family members themselves. This is a digital only release of 78 carefully restored tracks containing a wealth of repertoire available for all listeners to enjoy.

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  Carl Nielsen – The Historic Recordings

  
  

  These first commercial and historic recordings of Nielsen’s works featuring the clarinet gives a fascinating insight into playing from the 30s and 40s and will be coveted by those interested in Nielsen’s masterpieces and historic performances.

   

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  Michael Krein Saxophone Quartet

  
  

  This recording of original pieces and glorious arrangements, offers a rare opportunity to hear the great and most influential of British players, Jack Brymer playing soprano saxophone.  Known for his luscious, rich and intensely expressive tone on clarinet and famed for his vibrato, in marked contract to many British players following the Draper tradition; therefore no surprise that Brymers’s seductive tone transferred so beautifully to the soprano saxophone.

   

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  Kings of Swing in Britain

  
  

  Leslie Ormondroyd (on bass clarinet) with Henry Hall & BBC Dance Orchestra; Buffoon / Confrey Burton Gillis & Leslie Ormondroyd with Henry Hall & BBC Dance Orchestra Eccentric Robinson Freddy Gardner, Jack Simmons, Max Abrams. As part of the expansion into an ever broader range of musical styles, Clarinet Classics is proud to present this unique  collection of recordings of music featuring giants from the Golden Age of the swing era.

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  Swing Low Sweet Clarinet: Reginald Kell & His Quiet Music

  
  

  This valuable collection is devoted to the eminent and most influential British clarinet players of Reginal Kell, whose playing was and continues to be an inspiration to successive generations. Alongside his International solo and orchestral playing career, Kell was also a committed teacher and as such taught Benny Goodman, who was anxious to improve his grasp of the classical repertoire. These recordings gives the ideal opportunity for clarinettists and the general music lovers to acquaint themselves with the lighter side of one of the world’s most revered musicians.

   

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  The History of the Saxophone (2CD)

  
  

  Two full-length CDs of historical recordings by saxophone masters which include: Marcel Mule, François Combelle, The Six Brown Brothers, Freddy Gardner, Charlie Parker, Sigurd Rascher plus a treasure trove of additional recordings that will take you on a historical journey of the saxophone. With an extensive booklet written by Stephen Cottrell, there is much to enjoy as well as learn from this maverick of instruments.

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  Frederick Thurston

  
  

  Two major clarinet figures, two generations of players from the 20th century. Frederick Thurston  and Thea King left their indelible mark through their reputation and influence as players and teachers inspiring many of the great British composers writing at the time, to dedicate pieces to them. With a full and informative booklet which includes photographs and copies of letters written to Thurston (included with King’s permission), by prominent composers and artists, this is an invaluable archival release.

   

   

   

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  La Scala Virtuoso

  
  

  The distinctive warm, rich sound that characterises Luigi Amodio’s playing is captured on these recordings. Carefully restored by Clarinet and Saxophone’s historical specialist Malcolm McMillan, author of a full and informative booklet enhanced by Luigi Amodio’s son Luciano who added a special insight to his father’s life. With family photographs generously made available for inclusion within the booklet, this is an invaluable legacy from a past-master.

   

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  Marcel Mule “Le Patron” of the Saxophone…Encore!

  
  

  Marcel Mule was an astounding saxophone player whose immense playing inspired some of the great composers of the day to write for the saxophone, leaving a legacy for future generations of players. Played in his own inimitable style, these valuable recordings are appearing for the first time on CD and gives a further opportunity for listeners to enjoy this unique virtuoso.

   

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  Rudy Wiedoeft – “Kreisler of the Saxophone”

  
  

  Following the overwhelming public response to the publication of Marcel Mule – ‘Le Patron of the Saxophone’, Clarinet and Saxophone Classics now presents a programme from an even earlier period from the other side of the Atlantic. The dazzling technique of the eminent artist Rudy Wiedoeft in an entertaining programme including Sax Serene, Wiedoeft Valse Marilyn, Wiedoeft Valse Vanite.

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  Marcel Mule – “Le Patron” of the Saxophone

  
  

  Jean Philippe Rameau Gavotte; Roelens Pavane et Menuet vif; Fonse La Tyrolienne; Forêt Pâtres; Genin Variations sur Marlborough Demersseman Le Carnaval de Venise; Pierre Vellones Concerto, Valse Chromatique…

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  Historical Recordings Volume 2

  
  

  La Garde Républicaine Weber – Concertino; Frederick Thurston Browne – A Truro Maggot; lloyd – Gigue; Galuppi (arr. Craxton) – Sonata in A minor op. 1 no. 3 (Largo), Sonata in C major op. 1 no. 1 (Allegro giocoso); Reginald Kell Schubert.How critically aware are you of dissimilarities in instrument timbre? As an exercise for specialists in differentiating and identifying clarinet styles this second disc of artists of the past provides a valuable documentary….
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  Historical Recordings Volume 1

  
  

  This immense collection of recordings carefully transferred from 78 records, gives the opportunity for audiences of today to hear some of the great clarinet players from the early 20th century. A real collectors collection!

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