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| The Complete American Decca Recordings | 
 enlarge | Creators: Frank Miller, Reginald Kell, Bela Bartok, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Arthur Benjamin, Johannes Brahms, Arcangelo Corelli, Claude Debussy, Benjamin Godard, George Frederick Handel, Paul Hindemith, Fritz Kreisler, Darius Milhaud, Walter Mourant, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Reginald Porter-brown, Maurice Ravel, Alan Richardson, Camille Saint-saens, Robert Schumann
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 188692
Format: Box Set, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.1 x 5 x 0.7
MPN: 000480602
UPC: 028947752806
EAN: 0028947752806
ASIN: B0009ONYPA
Release Date: September 13, 2005
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | I. Allegro | | • | II. Adagio | | • | III. Rondo. Allegro | | • | I. Allegro | | • | II. Larghetto | | • | III. Menuetto-Trio I/II | | • | IV. Allegretto Con Variazioni I-IV/Adagio-Allegro | | • | I. Allegro | | • | II. Andante | | • | III. Minuetto In Canone-Trio In Canone Al Rovescio | | • | IV. Allegro |
Disc 2
| • | I. Allegro Maestoso | | • | II. Menuetto I-Trio | | • | III. Adagio | | • | IV. Menuetto II-Trio | | • | V. Finale. Allegro | | • | I. Allegro Con Brio - Mieczyslaw Horszowski | | • | II. Adagio - Mieczyslaw Horszowski | | • | III. Tema. 'Pria Ch'Io L'Impegno'. Allegretto-Allegro - Mieczyslaw Horszowski | | • | I. Andante - Mieczyslaw Horszowski | | • | II. Menuetto - Mieczyslaw Horszowski | | • | III. Rondeaux. Allegretto - Mieczyslaw Horszowski | | • | I. Zart Und Mit Ausdruck | | • | II. Lebhaft, Leicht-Coda: Nach Und Nach Ruhiger | | • | III. Rasch Und Mit Feuer-Coda-Schneller |
Disc 3
| • | I. Allegro Con Fuoco | | • | II. Andante Con Moto | | • | III. Rondo. Allegro | | • | I. Allegro | | • | II. Adagio | | • | III. Andantino-Presto Non Assai, Ma Con Sentimento | | • | IV. Con Moto-Un Poco Meno Mosso | | • | I. Allegro - Mieczyslaw Horszowski | | • | II. Adagio - Mieczyslaw Horszowski | | • | III. Andantino Grazioso - Mieczyslaw Horszowski | | • | IV. Allegro - Mieczyslaw Horszowski |
Disc 4
| • | I. Allegro Appassionato | | • | II. Andante, Un Poco Adagio | | • | III. Allegretto Grazioso | | • | IV. Vivace | | • | I. Allegro Amiabile | | • | II. Allegro Appassionato | | • | III. Andante Con Moto-Allegro | | • | I. Allegretto - Brooks Smith | | • | II. Allegro Animato - Brooks Smith | | • | III. Lento - Brooks Smith | | • | IV. Molto Allegro - Brooks Smith | | • | I. Improvisation: Tempo Rubato-Espressivo - Brooks Smith | | • | II. Modal Blues: Tempo Di Blues - Brooks Smith | | • | III. In Rhythm: Moderato - Brooks Smith | | • | I. Allegro Non Troppo - Brooks Smith | | • | II. Larghetto - Brooks Smith | | • | III. Allegro - Brooks Smith |
Disc 5
| • | Premiere Rhapsodie For Clarinet And Piano | | • | I. Massig Bewegt | | • | II. Lebhaft | | • | III. Sehr Langsam | | • | V. Kleines Rondo, Gemachlich | | • | I. Sempre Piano E Molto Tranquillo | | • | II. MM=168 | | • | III. MM=160 | | • | I. Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance). Moderato, Ben Ritmato | | • | II. Piheno (Relaxation). Lento | | • | III. Sebes (Fast Dance). Allegro | | • | La Plus Que Lente | | • | La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin | | • | Reverie | | • | Le Petit Berger | | • | Ecstasy | | • | The Pied Piper | | • | Blue Haze | | • | Dance Of The Three Old Maids |
Disc 6
| • | I. Ouverture. Vif Et Gai | | • | II. Divertissement. Anime | | • | III. Jeu. Vif | | • | IV. Introduction Et Final. Modere-Vif | | • | I. Adagio 'Lovely On The Water - Brooks Smith | | • | II. Andante Sostenuto 'Spurn Point' - Brooks Smith | | • | III. Larghetto 'Van Dieman's Land' - Brooks Smith | | • | IV. Lento 'She Borrowed Some Of Her Mother's Gold' - Brooks Smith | | • | V. Andante Tranquillo 'The Lady And The Dragon' - Brooks Smith | | • | VI. Allegro Vivace 'As I Walked Over London Bridge' - Brooks Smith | | • | Siciliana And Gigue | | • | Adagio | | • | Allegro | | • | Giga | | • | Rondino Uber Ein Thema Von Beethoven | | • | Piece En Forme De Habanera | | • | Petite Piece | | • | Roundelay | | • | Berceuse | | • | Jamaican Rumba - Brooks Smith | | • | Caprice Viennoois Op.2 | | • | Liebesleid | | • | Liebesfreud | | • | Stars In My Eyes | | • | Schon Rosmarin |
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| Customer Reviews:
Mr. Kell - AT LAST!!! April 28, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
When I studied clarinet in university (late 1960's, early 1970's), Kell was almost suppressed. I am not sure whether that was done intentionally or not. But we were all told that it was "hard" to get a good recording of Kell, because they were almost all "old" and "scratched up" 78s. I don't remember if there were any 33 & 1/3 LPs out on his later 1950's recordings, but the whole attitude was: "You WILL NOT be interested in Reginald Kell!" Well, that did not stop me, but with the twists and turns of life, I never got back to trying to find any recording of his work, until I learned DG had published this 6 CD set, off original Decca masters, as I understand it.
Yes. There is his tone. It is, to me, a deep, throaty, "big band" tone, and there is also the vibrato. I have intensely studied the horn for over 50 years, and I have perfected my tone and it is my tone. I am too old a bear to try to change that. BUT, his breathing, his articulation, his phrasing, etc., those can and will benefit me, and they are benefiting me, if for no other reason, than I get to hear his take on many of the pieces I have studied and performed all my life.
Personally, I LIKE HIS TONE, because of what he was trying to do with it (try and project his tone as a human voice through the horn). But it seems that when I studied clarinet, every teacher was almost paranoid about his tone. There are also his water color / pencil works of visual art, where he tried to give to the hearing-impaired some kind of subconscious or even unconscious awareness, via their eyes, as to what his playing sounded like. Now, I do not know if he knew this, but if you take, say, a mid-range "F" scale on the piano, and take those notes up 40 octaves, you no longer have sound, but VISIBLE LIGHT!
Perhaps he did consciously know this when he executed his water color / pencil works (which I believe are STUNNING, no other word describes them), or, perhaps he did. If he did not consciously know, did his intuition some how guide him when he did the visual art? I don't know.
But if you put ALL the pieces of Mr. Kell together, his performances on the clarinet, what he was trying to do, his visual art, and I suspect other aspects of him, I believe you come up with a real genius, and, over all, the BEST Clarinetist of the 20th Century.
Young folks need to hear him now, so if they are serious about the clarinet, as I was, am, and will be, they can factor Mr. Kell into what they want to do with the horn. This is as it should be. I know I will do such factoring myself, now that we can REALLY LISTEN TO HIM.
A long overdue collection by one of the English masters of the clarinet. January 5, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
The Yorkshireman Reg Kell became famous for using vibrato in the classical world when it was unfashionable. He used it tastefully, and other artists such as Jack Brymer and Emma Johnson have continued to use it. He also had a series of tutorials with Benny Goodman (for Goodman's benefit) which led to Goodman changing his embouchure from the upper teeth on mouthpiece to the upper lip - as well as lower, -on mouthpiece, which perhaps in Goodmans's case was not a good move, as he had it right the first time!.
However these recordings originally came out a very long time ago in the early days of vinyl, and a re-issue is long overdue. Kell's excursion in to light music is interesting, though he stops well short of anything resembling jazz, although he had earlier recorded one record with Bert Ambrose's band in the 1940 which was the nearest he got, - but that is not included here. His main forte is in the works of Mozart, Weber, Beethoven and Brahms, but he also plays Bartok and Templeton. It shows what an accomplished performer he was. All were recorded after he left the UK to live and play in America.
This set shows his rightful place as a performer in the history of clarinet playing. He had raised the standard of the time, and had the benefits of improved recording techniques and length of play boudaries were removed with the LP record.
Great Collection July 30, 2006
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
My only negative comment is that he rushes some of the runs; everything else is great!
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