Nielsen Clarinet Concerto; Leonard Bernstein & NY Phil, Stanley Drucker, clarinet

This is what happens when you live in an age of fewer distractions. The heights you can achieve! In my opinion, the greatest clarinet recording of all time, by one of the supreme musicians of the twentieth century. There’s no editing and studio engineering to anywhere near the level you hear from today’s classical soloists (or musicians of any “genre,“ for that matter). This concerto changed the perceived limitations of clarinet for composers and audiences alike. And it still stands as one of the greate