Bernstein/ Fiterstein/ Hopkins - Clarinet in America Condition:New with it's combination of rigor

with it's combination of rigor and imagination

Boris Tishchenko was one of the most recognizable and important Russian composers of his time

Rubbra/ Sixteen/ Harry Christophers - Edmund Rubbra: Choral Works

Jazz and Latin styles

Bernstein/ Fiterstein/ Hopkins - Clarinet in America Condition:New with it's combination of rigorThe clarinet has long been embraced by American composers for it's jauntiness and jazzy flexibility (think of that slide opening Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue), qualities heard in abundance on this album. We hear Leonard Bernstein's Cuban influenced Sonata, and the Sonatina by Budapest born Miklos Rozsa, who made his name as a Hollywood movie composer. These pieces are bookended by two Aaron Copland works, his Concerto, for American jazz clarinettist