Clarinet concertos anyone?

No doubt Benny Goodman was great.
Benny Goodman comissioned Copland to write a concerto for him.
Also, premiere of Poulenc's Clarinet sonata was given at Carnegie Hall by Benny Goodman with Leonard Bernstein.

I'd be interested to know of any decent quality Benny Goodman recording.

By the way...An interestring CD is SIMAX PSC 1290 which is a performance of Mozart K622 with viola in place of clarinet as it was played for many years. I think this is the only such recording. It is available from www.arkivmusic.com, or from Simax directly in Norway. You won't find this one at Best Buy, or even the other domestic web vendors. This is a good quality recent recording made in September 2006.

Thanks to all. As always, I have learned alot.
John

Audphile1.
Cheers to you(as well as our other partakers).
Thanks kindly for your rather extensive input.
I learned only last night that many pieces can be auditioned on You Tube.
I was at a party and found that all the 'music' was coming off the net!
So with this mornings coffee started checking out your Bartok Contrasts suggestion(Menuhin). Incredibly involving & stimulating! Certainly a piece where high resolution (audiophile) gear proves very worthwhile-so much rich detail and all essential.
For me this is a "fabulous" late evening piece enjoyed almost as a meditation in a virtual dark vacuum with a snifter of something favorite.
This type of treasure allows me to deeply appreciate all the effort & investment I've made into refining my system to enable me to enjoy the art & depth of such pieces.
While doing this I've been listening to a very enjoyable little disc of Beethoven pieces for Flute & Piano featuring Emmanuel Pahud, Flute and Eric Lasage,Piano from a 4CD box set entitled simply Music for Flute on Naive label(only$20!)

Psacanli, my pleasure.

Unfortunately there isn't much for clarinet music in stores. Most of my CDs were purchased online through amazon.

I also like youtube. As a matter of fact, run a search on youtube for Sabine Meyer. There is a brief intro for the Krommer/Spohr disc that I recommended, with Julian Bliss. It will give you an idea of what kind of music it is and how good Sabine and Julian really are.

Bartok is awesome! If you liked the Contrasts, you absolutely must hear Poulenc's sonata for clarinet and piano. Also Poulenc's Sonata for Flute and Piano is great as well.

And I'll check out your recommendation as well. I haven't heard Beethoven's pieces for flute and piano, so this is good....something new for me to listen to!