'Andante' from "Clarinet Concerto" - Copland

[christina2912]

Amazing music !!

[streetprotege]

Beautifully played. Such emotional depth to this piece. Gorgeous playing gave me chills and made me think about beautiful things. I love this. I would love to play this piece

[daryjohnmizelle]

Too much Pablum.

[Baou94]

Nevermind i saw the AmazonMP3 link! :)

[Baou94]

Thanks for uploading but did Stolzman happen to play the second movement of the concerto as well?

[Jimbothenoob]

Listen to him sing!

[IMASIANSNIPA]

I'm playing this piece for my college auditions, MTNA competitions, and NSO audition 8D!!! It's my favorite piece to play of all time >.<

[izadeeg]

@IMASIANSNIPA since you have played this do you know where to get the sheets

[IMASIANSNIPA]

@izadeeg I have the music, but you can order them online

[Diernestov]

Wow, this music is really amazing!!!....sooo.....especia­l, and beautifull, i love this concert!!!

[Diernestov]

Wow....this music is really fantastic, so....beautifull...i love this concert!!

[PopeyeMcThugg]

I have listened to this everyday for about a year and everyday I find something new to love

[MrAkihiros]

A most lyrical, plaintive, evocative piece by Copland. Later on the piece will put on the complex rhythmic jauntiness inspired by Stravinsky no less. The score incidentally looks sparse, almost elementary.

[lamaspacos]

Incredibly Musical

[MrB1U]

God Richard Stolzman is too good

[TheJuicyTangerine]

this is my favorite clarinet piece. I've tried to play it, but i will never be able to achieve the same effect

[Heavenisinmyhands]

I think it might just be the recording quality, but is he using vibrato?

[inthemoment875]

@Heavenisinmyhands yes, I think so

[libby101lizzy]

this is beautiful! i hope to play like that one day ive been learning for 4 years and im doing my 4th grade exam this year.

[Schtevie]

where is the rest of it

[ronaldoclarinet]

Truly the Best! Spasibo MTT i Stolzmanu!

[animeviewer360]

nice :D

[alan1507]

This is absolutely magical. The rocking accompaniment to the beginning put me much in mind of the opening of the first movement of Mahler's Ninth Symphony. Then I read on Wikipedia that Copland was influenced by Mahler, especially in the Clarinet concerto, so I guess I wasn't mistaken.

[inkigl]

7:00 that look on his face moves me to tears :)

[jorgeandresossa]

The best...........

[longhov]

muy bello

[catabavti]

in copland stoltzman è il migliore...se lo sente proprio...

[OsXIfan]

quoto!

[roby130359]

semplicemente meraviglioso!!!!!

[jerrious93]

I almost start crying each time i hear this preformance. Words can't describe his interpretation!

[Nudgie2009]

Thank you so much! I have this music on an unmarked CD and have been trying to find out more about it for YEARS! And finding the concerto conducted by Michael TT only makes it more special!

[tocavientos]

Beautiful music and very sensitive playing by Mr Stolzman. This first part of the piece is so full of warmth and all the subtle expressions is performed so delicatly by the orchestra and soloist.

[MrMrClarinet]

Mr. Stoltzman's performance of this piece is incredible. He is truly a master of the instrument. I have heard this piece played by many great musicians however this performance would be ranked #1 in my opinion.

[ryab55]

don't forget about Martin frost.

[nicodagger]

beautiful, sublime......profound...words can't do this justice....Michael Tillson Thomas' real last name is Tomasschevsky, he is related to the great Boris Tomasschevsky of the Yiddish Theater. a great artist.

[Sparklydiva210]

I first heard this piece performed by the Boston Pops, and it moved me to tears.

Really great music. =)

[ChocolateCashews101]

Of course it began in the year of my birth XD XD XD Maybe that's why I'm so musical :P

[Lui191]

stupendo bellissimo suono

[av1valle]

amazing........Stolzman is one of the best...

[cammuth]

I enjoy it.

I love stoltzman, very very very good.

[jasaxophonist]

Richard was classically trained. i did a class with him. Benny was classically trained but did'nt go as far asRrichard . pLUS THE INSTUMENTS REEDS OF TODAY ARE WAY BETTER. Benny would have killed Richard with Swing & Jazz. Richard would have killed Benny with Classical music. THe both have different Styles! DO YOU HAVE ANY!!? SORRY I DID"NT HEEEEEERE YOUUUUU!

[tuscany7]

makes my contemplate my past, and the losses, yet seems to leave hope, deffinately not a comedy. Beautifull, yes...

Monk

[abbyscks]

so...where's the rest? :(

[ismael2518]

I love the sound of clarinet.

I wish a could play like that one day

[himrasmus101]

People like you will never understand music.

[Lui191]

Molto bello

[drawfourwild]

beautiful beautiful tone

[FromCarol]

Achingly beautiful. Nostalgicly sad.Hopeful. I listen to it before and after all the big eents of my life. Brings clarity and peace.

From Carol

[samo5y86]

i completely agree@!

[carlosmighty]

i love this piece. Stunning and inspiring.

[aimisyafiqah]

s0 beautiful

[TheRealAlfy]

Does anyone know where to get this on a mp3.

[PeruvianBlunge]

the original version of Benny Goodman you can download it off of lime wire or frost wire, whatever you use. This guys' tone is very similar to Benny Goodman if not better.

[Sobesam11]

Benny did play classical clarinet well. But it seems quite apparent that Richard Stoltzman's sound is much more refined.

[WaltersQuincy]

So beautiful. Very nostalgic.

[JeeRant]

Does anyone think its a bit weird that the conductor is FACING the soloist? I imagine that would be pretty darn awkward for both parties...MTT can't even see the orchestra.

[himrasmus101]

if anyone has the sheets to this song please send it to me i want to play this on my clarinet!

[TheRealAlfy]

Good song. Great for doing homework.

[clarinet343]

Such a wonderful song.I love it.

[PuffsPlusWithLotion]

ugh, i love the piece but richard stoltzman is just so utterly retarded looking when he plays; now he's an old PINK retard

[jonhadas]

Ahhh..what a piece.

[lamaspacos]

Incredibly beautiful and noble, intimate and transcendent. Divine and Human. MUSICAL.

[TheSpiritOfTheTimes]

Well, from a laic viewpoint, I love this piece. It also holds much sentimental value for me.

[puffin02]

Inconsequential, value free, having no sequence, no sense, no direction, no narrative, no movement, no resolution. In places it's almost painful, in other places saccharine. A vague cloud of meaningless sound. Twentieth century art "music" at its most trivial. At least it's not actively and intentionally hideous.

[hylelogos]

Ok, next!

[amatorynumber]

@puffin02 Or perhaps you just didn't get it ;-)

[InternetTrafficCop]

God I love this piece

so beautiful

[SymphonyJack]

Ugh...I actually don't like his playing much...i mean yeah this is really good....but just not my style... basically he should nix all that Vibrato stuff. I do Love this piece though

[klarinetta]

Vibrato and Vibrato is not the same thing. He sure overdo the vibrato but the main thing is that it's not natural with vocal quality.

[mehersong]

this is just about my favorite piece of music in the universe....it lifts me up to the heavens...and I was able to tell Aaron Copland that he is the best composer that ever lived...

[wesleyan97]

It's a great one isn't it?

I'm a Baba lover too :)

[tomjh704]

I am playing this! YESSS FINALLY! Just got the music today! Don't worry I can do it justice!

[kzt333]

it ALWAYS makes me cry

[JapanOboe]

This is just amazing, my favourite!

[gentlemanforte]

Qué versión tan maravillosa, me encanta! Gracias Copland!

[clarihuge]

This is really beautiful. Don't you have the rest of the video? It would be great if you can post it. We need to have a decent complete version of this wonderful concerto on youtube.

[nivekclarinet]

yeah d best Richard stoltzman...

[darnmat]

my God... I miss this piece... I left this music for awhile then came back to listen to it... It's like feeling love for the first time, 2nd time around...

[profling]

Copland's words: "This piece will make you weep...."

[Klarinmuzz]

OH MY GOD...IM SO FREAK FOR THIS CONCERT ! Y que viva Colombia papá !

[classicat]

Bravo!! its totaly dreaming

[ThirdEarth]

I haven't felt this way since Anne Sophie Mutter's version of Meditation.

From the first, hauntingly gorgeous, and intangible note all the way to the last, dying one........

it simply had me breathtaken.

I don't think that it's even possible to describe Richard's playing in a way that won't make it sound less than it is.

[jonnycat50]

Ken Burns used the Clarinet Concerto (commisioned by Benny Goodman) frequently in his "The War" series as transistion music for stories and during closing credits. Brilliant choice of music for the documentary

[TheOverlordDale]

Yes, I noticed that. A very good choice, indeed.

[dermann76]

Me hace llorar. Hermosa obra de Copland.

[iamne1]

This piece moves me deeply. I have loved this song for quite a long time. It strikes warm tones deep in my soul.  Thank you!

[Leibo07]

What I hate about this film, is MTT standing before the soloist as well. As if he's conducting him as well. Hmm.

[Leibo07]

Satie in New York City

[Keytaster]

I'm playing for two years now and I still have problems with this lyrical silent high e'''. Anyway, I love this concert so much!

[innovator723]

you have to look up some alternate upper register fingerings. One will work ;)

[Digaoazz]

magnifico!!!

brilhante

uma das musicas mais bonitas que ja ouvi

[clairannette]

This reeks of the work of some production guru who knows more about making videos than making music. I'm sure MTT doesn't conduct like that with the purposely exaggerated motions, the cheesy grins. And Dick is breathing and/or fingering different notes while sound is being produced. This type of stuff really makes me detest distorted commercialization of classical music. It's like watching porn with a story to it. Apart from the video, though, love the audio.

[mymainmanrichieT]

That's how music videos are done, even most classical ones...

[LestatR13]

Actually, those fingering are are correct. Some players put more fingers down for other notes to get a better sound and to be more in tune.

[clairannette]

I'm very aware of venting. And very familiar with the concerto. I've performed it dozens of times. I was referring to post production looping, based on pre-recorded material layered atop of the video image BUT isn't synced one to one, giving incorrectly conducted beats or finger motion/breaths in areas where there are none in the audio.

[yoshiclarinet]

bravo stoltzman!incredibile come sempre!

[bliss070]

i like the light that beams in...it makes th vid look soft and elegant :P

[musokid89]

Brilliant footage! Stolzman is an amazing clarinettist and musician. I would love to hear the LSO principle clarinettest Andrew Marriner perform this concerto ...

[Jansutti]

That's beautiful. Absolutely beautiful music. Because of my music lessons I have to go trouhg 30 Mozart's concerto and/or symphony and this is number 27 in my list.

And right now clarinet has become one of my favorite instruments ^^

[Jahaj]

I'm partial to the oboe myself

[stiltonchees]

It is a great instrument isn't it.  Richard Stolzman is quite a musician.

[flowergirl4873]

beautiful

[ipmoic]

Clearly they recorded the whole thing. Anybody know how to get the rest uploaded? Always a joy to hear the unpredictable and always fascinating Richard Stoltzman. Some really glorious moments....

[max05233157]

wow...speechless...he is amazing.o_0

[marija1993]

yeah...^D^ *hug*

[jynahm]

yes.. I agree...It's so haunting..

[FromCarol]

Pther than Benny Goodman, Stoltzman is the only other clarinetist who does this song justice. It is so haunting, and evokative, it

aches to listen to it. So, why do I listen to it? It reminds me I am alive. Thank - you, Aaron Copeland. From Carol

[jonas190]

When the song was written for Benny he couldn't even play it. Interesting trivia.

[wtfpwnage]

Are you talking about how Goodman had to ask for an revision? The version that is now played by everyone is AFTER its been revised- the original was so difficult that even today, only 2 or 3 people have recorded the "Original" version- it goes up to 2nd altissimo C Sharp at one point for god sakes!

So no, benny good man CAN play it. As for the original, he never said he couldnt he said he would "uncomfortable" with it under performance situations- therefore Copland made the revisions for him

[jynahm]

Thanks~

[jynahm]

I really love this music, I used to have this video when I was young, but I lost it. I am glad I found it in YouTube.

[jynahm]

Richard stoltzman is my favorite clarinetist.