Brindisi from La Traviata for Clarinet Octet by Giuseppe Verdi arranged by Melanie Thorne. Sempre Music, 2019, SS, includes parts and score. For E-flat clarinet (alternate B-flat clarinet), 4 B-flat clarinets, alto clarinet (alternate B-flat clarinet), and 2 bass clarinets. Melanie Thorne has arranged Verdi's famous "drinking song" from the opera La Traviata for an ensemble of eight clarinets! Raise a glass as the opening theme is quietly introduced, then raucously echoed and developed into a wonderful program or encore piece (C2660)