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Notes for Clarinetists by Albert R. Rice

Notes for Clarinetists by Albert R. Rice. Oxford University Press, 2017, PB, 296 pages. Subtitled: A Guide to the Repertoire, this book provides detailed information on 35 important pieces for the clarinet. It gathers information needed to prepare lectures and written material in a single, convenient resource and includes valuable insights into the construction of the piece, tonalities, themes, and cells. Of course, this material is also valuable to performers.The works included are: Arthur Benjamin Le tombeau de Ravel: Valse-Caprices for Clarinet and Piano; Alban Berg Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano Op. 5; Luciano Berio Sequenza IXa for Clarinet Solo; Leonard Bernstein Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Pierre Boulez Domaines for Clarinet Alone; Johannes Brahms Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 120 No. 1; Aaron Copland Concerto for Clarinet, String Orchestra, Harp, and Piano; Bernhard Henrik Crusell Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Op. 5; Claude Debussy Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Piano; Gerald Finzi Five Bagatelles for Clarinet and Piano Op. 23; Jean Françaix Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra; Paul Hindemith Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Franz Krommer Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Op. 36; Jean-Xavier Lefèvre Sonata for Clarinet and Bass Op. 12 No. 1; Witold Lutoslawski Dance Preludes for Clarinet and Piano; Donald Martino A Set for Clarinet Unaccompanied; Bohuslav Martinu Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano; Darius Milhuad Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano Op. 100; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concerto for Clarinet Orchestra K. 622; Robert Muczynski Time Pieces for Clarinet and Piano op. 43; Carl Nielsen Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Op. 57; Krzystof Penderecki Three Miniatures for Clarinet and Piano.; Francis Poulenc Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Max Reger, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 107; Gioachino Rossini Introduction, Theme, and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra; Archduke Rudolph of Austria Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 2; Camille Saint-Saëns Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Op. 162; Robert Schumann Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano Op. 73; William O. Smith Variants for Solo Clarinet; Louis Spohr Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Op. 26; Johann Stamitz Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra; Karlheinz Stockhausen Der Kleine Harlekin für Klarinette, Werk nr. 42½; Igor Stravinsky Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo; Antoni Szalowski Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano; and Carl Maria von Weber Grand Duo Concertant for Clarinet and Piano Op. 48. We carry all of these except William O. Smith Variants for Solo Clarinet which we are looking into and the Stockhausen which should be available directly from the publishing business established by the composer. (C2489)

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