One of my absolute favorite clarinetists and bass clarinetists is Evan Ziporyn. While this a long piece, it's so worth listening to all of the sounds Evan is able to get out of the instrument - especially his ability to make chords on the bass clarinet... enjoy.
Read MoreOne of the fundamental ways that someone develops a good sound on their instrument is by listening to a bunch of artists that have good sounds. I realized a while back that while I practice and teach Clarinet I did not have a simple 5 or 10 list of names that I could just shoot off if any of my students asked for recordings to check out. So, I e-mailed one of my old Clarinet teachers, Andy Stevens, for a list just in case there were other doublers out there that were having the same issue. Andy is the Bass Clarinetist for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Professor of Clarinet at University of Denver's Lamont School of Music, and I have him to thank for this list: The following are great artists for the Mozart and Weber Concertos
Great artist for Weber & Mozart Concertos and the Concerto by John Corigliano:
Contemporary Performers:
Good European Clarinetists
My ALL-TIME favorite Clarinetist, introduced to me by Andy:
I'd like to add some Jazz Clarinetists to the list as well:
