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Recommended reading

Among many others, I recommend teaching methods, studies and books written by
the following;
Tutors and methods: Klose, Thurston&Frank, Lazarus, Jeanjean, Jettel, Brymer.
Scales and Studies: Baermann, Giampieri, Cavallini, Muller, Stievenard Uhl, Jettel,
Gambaro, Harvey, Kell.
Books about the clarinet: Brymer, Ridenour, Harvey, Lawson, Weston.
There are many other authors that I could mention but those above provide the
reader with sufficient study and pedagogical material for a considerable time.

Recommended recordings

In the English school of playing I advise you listen to old recordings of the great
players of the past, often re-issued on the Clarinet Classics label.
Diversity of style is found in performances by Frederick Thurston, Charles Draper,
Reginald Kell, Thea King, Sidney Fell, Sid Phillips (jazz), Jack Brymer, John McCaw
and Gervase De Peyer.
The later English school is well represented by Michael Collins and Anthony Pay.
The French school of playing has several "giants"in clarinet folklore. Some of the
recordings of the great Louis Cahuzac have been re- issued and are well worth
having, also historic performances by Ullysses Delecleuse. Guy Deplus , Michel Portal
and Guy Dangain are other great French virtuosi.
The Spanish have many fine players, notably Joan - Enric Lluna who has released
some interesting and exciting Spanish works on disc.
The Austrian School of playing is represented by Alfred Prinz and Alfred Boskovsky
and the Swiss by Tomas Friedli.
In the German school I recommend Carl Leister's performances particularly those of
the Spohr concerti.
The Italians have produced many great players, in South Africa, Mario Trinchero
(sadly now no longer alive) was regarded by the clarinettists there to be a giant in the
history of the instrument for his amazing technique and sense of musicality. I
personally sat next to him on one occasion during a recording of a difficult piece by
Tschaikovsky. He was transposing down a semitone (for many years he had no A
clarinet) and suddenly just before a fiendishly difficult passage he turned to me,
winked impishly and proceeded to play the passage using the hands the other way
round! (Left-hand for the lower joint, right-hand the top.) It was his amazing party
trick - he played the difficult passage flawlessly like that whilst recording! If anyone
out there can do this, I would like to hear about it! He also had a legendary command
of the double - tongue and could play articulated passages at any speed.
The American school has a number of great players past and present including Benny
Goodman (jazz and classical), Harold Wright, Larry Coombs, Stanley Drucker,
Richard Stoltzman, Ricardo Morales, Jonathan Cohler and Charles Neidich.
One great Belgian player whose recordings I hugely admire is Walter Boeykens, a
great clarinettist and musician.
Undoubtedly I may have left many great players off this list - to those I apologise, but
the clarinet has so many fine exponents it is impossible to include them all. Happy
blowing, always strive for further knowledge and contact my web site if you need help
- there is a forum for questions.

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