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These brief sound clips of 10 to 30 seconds each were recorded over a time period of several years under various playing conditions, therefore the recording quality varies. The sound clips and comments are intended only to show the character of each piece as played by an amateur clarinet quartet. These aren’t studio recordings, and little or no sound editing has been done other than fading in/out and setting a consistent audio level. We hope these clips and comments are useful to clarinetists who are trying to decide which quartets are appropriate to their needs. The (*) marked arrangements are our own and we’re willing to swap equivalent material with other quartets. If you have comments, please EMAIL us at the address shown on our home page.

 

Composer

Title

Arranger

Instrumentaton

Time

Remarks

 

Hiketick

3 Latin Dances #2

 

3+bass

 

 

 

Mozart

Abduction from Seriglio#1 #2 #3 #4 #5

Lotz

4 Bb

8:50

Good – kind of long

 

Mozart

Adagio and Allegro from Cassazione

Ephross

3+bass

 

 

 

Barber

Adagio Op 11

Smith*

3+bass

5:42

Fun to play, but not easy to make it sound good

Traditional

Adeste Fideles

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Bach, J S

Air from Suite in D Major

Oday

3+bass

 

Military quartet book of arrangements - good

Bach, J S

Air on a G String

Dorff

3+bass

 

 

 

D'Rivera

Alborada and Son

 

3+bass

 

Requires Eb clarinet

 

Traditional

Amazing Grace

Thomas

3+bass

 

Dixieland

 

McKay

American Sketch

 

4 Bb

4:12

 

 

McKay

American Panorama

 

4 Bb

 

 

 

Bach, J S

Andante and Fughetta

Ayres

3+bass

 

 

 

Tchaikovsky

Andante Cantabile

O’Day

3+bass

 

Military quartet book of arrangements - good

Granados

Andaluza

Granados

4 Bb

 

Flegier

Andante Sostenuto

Voxman

2+alto+bass

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Greig

Anitra's Dance from Peer Gynt Suite

Oday

3+bass

 

Military quartet book of arrangements - good

Skolnik

Arabesque

 

4 Bb

1:45

Not difficult - OK to perform - short

Roost

Arghulesques #1 #2 #3

 

3+bass

6:00

Middle-eastern sounds - good opener or closer - belly dancing music

Handel

Arrival of the Queen of Sheba

Kenny

4 Bb

 

Optional part for Bass

 

Gounod

Ave Maria

Smith*

3+bass

2:15

 

 

Mozart

Ave Verum Corpus KV618

Buss

4Bb

3:30

 

Rossini

Barber of Seville

Dorff

3+bass

 

 

Handy

Beale Street Blues

Gale

3+bass

 

Dixieland

 

Unknown

Black and White Rag

McLeod

4 Bb

 

 

 

Brubeck

Blue Rondo a la Turk

Sweric

3+bass

3:17

Good – difficult to play at tempo

Handel

Bourree

Voxman

2+alto+bass

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Bach, J S

Bourree from English Suite

O’Day

3+bass

 

Military quartet book of arrangements - good

Wilder

Canon

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Carter

Canonic Suite#1 #2 #3

 

4 Bb

6:32

A classic, very good, tricky at times

 

Maschers

Canzona

Buss

4Bb

2:15

 

 

Mastric

Canzona

 

3+bass

 

 

 

Traditional

Carol of the Bells

Finnan

4 Bb

 

 

 

Albeniz

Cataluna

Gore

4 Bb

Not difficult

 

Mack

Charleston

Gale

3+bass

2:36

Dixieland

 

Tustin

Cheerful Elegy

 

3+bass

7:00

3+bass or 4Bb

 

Fisher

Chicago

Gale

3+bass

 

Dixieland

 

Schumann

Child Falling Asleep (trio)

Williams*

2+bass (trio)

1:45

Can play with Traumerei

 

Schumann

Choral

Voxman

2+alto+bass

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Bach

Chorale

Voxman

2+alto+bass

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Bliss

Chorale

 

3+bass

 

With piano

 

Various

Christmas Pops Medley

Smith*

3+bass

 

 

 

Debussy

Clair de Lune

Donatelli

3+bass

4:05

Great, audience pleaser

 

Roach

Clarinet Quartet

 

3+bass

7:09

OK

 

Stalpers

Clownery

 

3+bass

7:52

Good opener/closer

 

Giardini

Come Thou Almighty King

Voxman

2+alto+bass

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Cooke

Concertante

 

3+bass

13:50

Good - very long - medium difficulty

Telemann

Concerto #1 #2 #3

Simon

4 Bb

 

Easy to play

 

Chaminade

Dance Creole

Bueris

3+bass

 

3+bass or 4Bb

 

Debussy

Danse

Thilde

3+bass

5:46

Can be tricky in places

 

Dorff

Dark Romance

 

3+bass

3:15

Good - like Summer Etchings

Bloch

Denneriana

Williams*

3+bass

6:10

Very nice arrangement

 

Uhl

Divertimento

 

3+bass

 

Good

 

Willis

Divertimento #1  #2

 

3+bass

8:45

Very good to perform

 

Polack/Ory

Dixieland Medley #1 #2

Smith*

3+bass

 

Simple stuff

 

Traditional

Drink to me Only with Thine Eyes

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Traditional

Dry Bones

Buss

3+bass

2:30

 

Mozart

Eine Kleine Nachtmusik #1 #2 #3 #4

O’Day

3+bass

16:00

Good but very long

 

Fucik

Entry of the Gladiators

Holcombe

3+bass

2:49

 

 

Study

Exchange 3456

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Dorff

Fast Walk

 

3+bass

 

Cute

 

McKay

Fiesta Mejicana

 

4 Bb

 

Simple 

Haydn

Finale from Quartet Op 42

Voxman

2+alto+bass

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Mendelssohn

Fingal's Cave

Smith*

3+bass

11:30

Long, but fun to play

 

Gaal

Four Romantic Pieces#1 #3 #4

 

3+bass

 

Good - audience pleaser - light - tricky rhythms

Desportes

French Suite #1 #2 #3

 

4 Bb

 

A classic, difficult

 

Schumann

Frightening (trio)

Williams*

3+bass

 

Trio

 

Bach, J S

Fugue No 7

Gordon

3+bass

 

 

 

Bach, J S

Fugue XVI

Perez

3+bass

 

 

 

Gounod

Funeral March of a Marionette

Dorff

3+bass

1:30

Nice – combine with Ave Maria

 

Rameau

Gavotte from Nais

Voxman

2+alto+bass

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Appeldorn

Gestures #1 #2 #3

 

3+bass

7:13

A terrific quartet – fun to play and good for audience

 

Debussy

Golliwog's Cakewalk

Holcombe

3+bass

2:50

Easy - short

 

Waterson

Grand Quartet

Andraud

3+bass

 

 

 

Gabrielsky

Grand Quartet #1

Andraud

4 Bb

 

 

 

Handel

Hallelujah Chorus

Finnan

4 Bb

 

 

 

Pizzolia

Histoire du Tango #1 #2 #3

 

3+bass

 

 

 

Brahms

Hungarian Dance #5

Janssens

3+bass

 

OK – works for recital

 

Cacavas

Impressions

 

4 Bb

 

Like "summer Etchings" OK – a little corny

Schubert

Impromptu from Op 142 No 2

Voxman

2+alto+bass

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Riley

In C

 

3+bass

 

 

 

Dorff

It Takes 4 to Tango

3+Bass

 

 

Traditional

Just a Closer Walk with Thee

Gale

3+bass

 

Dixieland

 

Granados

Jota

Gore

4 Bb

 

Not difficult

 

Pachelbel

Kanon and Gigue

Smith*

3+bass

 

 

 

Milhaud

le Bouef sur le Toit / Ox on the Roof

Smith*

3+bass

3:10

Fun to play – audiences like it

 

Dvorak

Legends #10

Smith*

3+bass

3:56

We like this one

 

Dvorak

Legends #5

Smith*

3+bass

 

 

 

Dvorak

Legends #6

Smith*

3+bass

5:00

Time is approximate

 

Desportes

Les Saisons

 

4 Bb

 

We like this one

 

Braham

Limehouse Blues

Gale

3+bass

 

Dixieland

 

Debussy

Little Shepherd

Holcombe

3+bass

 

 

 

Traditional

Londonderry Air

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Handel

Marche Solennelle

Voxman

2+alto+bass

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Mozart

Marriage of Figaro

Sweric

 

Cohan

Medley

Nagle

3+bass

 

Regards to Brdwy, Grand Ole Flag, etc

Haydn

Minuet

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Lully

Minuet from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

Voxman

2+alto+bass

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Haydn

Minuetto and Trio from Symphony 88

Feldsher

3+bass

 

 

 

Haydn

Minuetto from Quartet Op 117 No 5

Voxman

2+alto+bass

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Greig

Morning from Peer Gynt Suite

Oday

3+bass

 

Military quartet book of arrangements - good

Bliss

Nefinofo

 

3+bass

7:26

Commissioned for our quartet

 

Borodin

Nocturne from 4th String Quartet

Nestico

Choir

 

Needs Eb, Eb alto, and Contra parts

Tschaikowsky

Nutcracker Suite Selections #1 #2 #3

Smith*

3+bass

 

OK for Christmas pops

 

Bach/Hassler

O Sacred Head Now Wounded

Smith*

3+bass

 

 

 

McKay

On a Pastoral Theme

 

4 Bb

 

 

 

Stravinsky

Pastorale

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Beethoven

Pathetique Sonata #1 #2 #3 #4

Oday

3+bass

 

Military quartet book of arrangements - good

Faure

Pavane

Ghidoni

3+bass

5:41

Nice arrangement – not difficult

 

Tschaikowsky

Perpetual Motion

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Dubois

Petit concert devenu grand

 

4 Bb

 

Good

Dubois

Petit concert devient grand#1 #2 #3

 

4 Bb

5:58

Good - tonal/classical

 

Erickson

Petite Suite

 

4 Bb

4:00

OK - pretty good

 

Humperdink

Prayer from Hansel and Gretel

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Chopin

Prelude 6

Williams*

trio 2+bass

Simple trio – sounds good

 

Marc - Charles

Prelude and Danse #1 #2

 

4 Bb

8:30

Good/difficult at tempo

 

Buss

Preluide and Intrada

 

4Bb

5:15

 

Miller

Prelude and Scherzo

 

4 Bb

4:30

Good

 

Frescobaldi

Preludium and Fugue #1 #2

Oday

3+bass

 

Military quartet book of arrangements - good

Harvey

Quartet

 

3+bass

 

 

 

Haydn

Quartet 

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Mendelssohn

Quartet Op 12 #1 #2 #3 #4

Simon

3+bass

Crusell

Quartetto #1 #2 #3 #4 #5

Kovacks

3+bass

20:00

Roach

Quartet

 

3+bass

7:09

Tough to coordinate in spots

Schubert

Quartet in Dm Death and the Maiden

Oday

3+bass

 

Military quartet book of arrangements - good

Dubois

Quartuor #1 #2 #3

 

4 Bb

7:17

Good for recital

 

Brahms

Rhapsody No 1 - Op 79

Williams*

3+bass

7:59

Very nice arrangement

 

Brahms

Rhapsody No 2 - Op 79

Williams*

3+bass

4:40

Very nice arrangement

 

Fattorini

Ricercare

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Mastric

Riflessione

 

3+bass

 

 

 

Mozart

Romanze from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik

Leonard

3+bass

4:54

One movement only

 

Yost

Rondo

 

3+bass

3:50

Fun to play

 

Traditional

Royal Garden Blues

Nagle

3+bass

2:50

Dixieland

 

Bach

Sarabande from First French Suite

Voxman

2+alto+bass

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Debussy

Sarabande

 

3+bass

3:50

Short, but good to combine with other Debussy

Liadow

Sarabande from Les Vendredis

Voxman

2+alto+bass

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Beethoven

Scherzo

Hite

3+bass

 

 

 

Stack

Scherzo

 

3+bass

4:00

Good - 5/8 - very difficult to coordinate in spots

Tschaikowsky

Scherzo from Symphony #4

O'Hara

3+bass

 

 

 

Mozart

Serenade

Lurie

4 Bb

 

 

 

Albeniz

Sevilla

Karabell

3+bass

 

Not difficult

 

Bach, J S

Sinfonia IX

Williams

3+bass

 

 

 

Dvorak

Slavonic Dances#1 #2 #3 #4

Spink

3+bass

 

 

 

Bach, J S

Sleepers Wake

Oday

3+bass

 

Military quartet book of arrangements - good

Schubert

Sonata for Piano - movt 1

Ellis-McLeod

3+bass

 

OK

 

Schubert

Sonata for Piano - movt 2

Ellis-McLeod

3+bass

 

OK

 

Schubert

Sonata for Piano - movt 3

Ellis-McLeod

3+bass

 

Good for performance

 

Kabalelesky

Sonatina

Holcombe

3+bass

5:00

 

 

Kibbe

Sonatina

 

3+bass

5:00

OK to perform - good music - not difficult

Sousa

Stars and Stripes Forever

Finnan

4 Bb

 

 

 

Ink

Streltsy

 

3+bass

 

 

 

Smith

Suite #1 #2 #3

 

4 Bb

7:45

 

 

Bowles

Suite for 4 Clarinets

 

4 Bb

5:32

We like it, since two of us studied with Bowles

 

Desportes

Suite Italiene #1 #2

 

4 Bb

 

OK – but we like French Suite better

 

Mendelssohn

Suite Op 72 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5

Wilkinson

4 Bb

7:32

Can use bass instead of 4th Bb

McKay

Summer Etching

 

4 Bb

4:15

OK for recital

 

Barnby

Sweet and Low

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Hymns

Sweet Spirit - Blest be the Tie

Smith*

3+bass

 

Simple - just transcribed 4-part harmonies

Traditional

Swing Low Sweet Chariot

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Sammartini

Symphony 32

Walker

3+bass

 

Early 1700's

 

Mastric

The Inspector

 

3+bass

 

 

 

Villa Lobos

Three Fairy Tales

Schmidt

3+bass

 

Schumann

Traumerei

Oday

3+bass

 

Not as good as Williams Arrangement

Schumann

Traumerei (trio)

Williams*

2+bass

2:24

Good

 

Tomasi

Trois Divettissments #1 #2 #3

 

4 Bb

6:00

A great quartet !

 

Traditional

Turkey in the Straw

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Beethoven

Two Country Dances

Voxman

2+alto+bass

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Cervantes

Two Cuban Dances#1 #2

Denwood

3+bass

 

 

 

Tchaikovsky

Waltz from Serenade for Strings

Oday

3+bass

 

Military quartet book of arrangements - good

Tschaikowsky

Waltz from Serenade for Strings

Sacci

3+bass

 

 

Tschaikowsky

Waltz from Symphony #5

Gee

3+bass

 

 

 

Turner and Layton

Way Down Yonder in New Orleans

Gale

3+bass

2:05

Dixieland

 

Schumann

Wintertime

Cassel

4 Bb

 

Simple arrangement in a book

Granados

Zarabande

Gore

4 Bb

 

OK – not difficult