Both clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and producer Bob Lord liken the language of William Thomas McKinley's Concerto for two clarinets and orchestra to Hollywood: Stoltzman writes in the booklet that McKinley "has composed a clarinet duo version of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' fabulous choreography," while Lord asserts that it "could be described as DeMille-esque." You may find, however, a strong continuity in place of the sharp contrast Lord describes between the concerto and the Clarinet Duo Book II of McKinley that ...
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Both clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and producer Bob Lord liken the language of William Thomas McKinley's Concerto for two clarinets and orchestra to Hollywood: Stoltzman writes in the booklet that McKinley "has composed a clarinet duo version of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers' fabulous choreography," while Lord asserts that it "could be described as DeMille-esque." You may find, however, a strong continuity in place of the sharp contrast Lord describes between the concerto and the Clarinet Duo Book II of McKinley that occupies the center of the program (which despite the album title is much more McKinley than Copland). The pieces for duo alone are much shorter than the concerto movements, ranging from one to three minutes in length, but the clarinet writing is similar. Neither the booklet nor the digital biographies that pop up if a disc is inserted in the computer tell you exactly how this recording came about or how a clarinetist of Stoltzman's fame became attached to Kim Ellis, principal...
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