Max Reger: Music for Clarinet and Piano <br> Alan R. Kay, Jon Klibonoff <br> BRIDGE 9461Max Reger's three clarinet sonatas form the main course of this beautifully rendered recital. The two op. 49 sonatas and the late op. 107 sonata, when heard together, perfectly illustrate that turbulent period of transition from the Romantic era to the twentieth century. Alan R. Kay, Principal Clarinetist of Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and Jon Klibonoff, first prize winner of the Kosciuszko Chopin Competition, deliver performances that are

baritone and percussion

“This is another outstanding release in Bridge’s exceptionally important ongoing complete Crumb edition

to the chamber works that are among Fine's most frequently heard compositions today

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Baritone Patrick Mason is a long-time collaborator with both Musto and Burton

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and piano is a phantasmagoria of over-laid march-like ideas

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The disc begins with the premiere recording of John Harbison's "Mirabai Songs" in their voice and piano version

Sonatas: Op

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but it makes sense that Doktorski’s passion for this music as a scholar would translate into vibrant performances and that his clarity in performance would be the result of his scholarship