What is everyones favourite clarinet recordings ?

Mine
Benny Goodman Sing Sing Sing and King Porter Stomp


also love the Clarinet gang, frigging amazing
http://www.clarinetgang.com/
http://www.clarinetgang.com/av.html mp3's and video

Funny that you mentioned Benny Goodman, I just finished watching a video of Benny & vocalist Peggy Lee playing "Why Don't You Do Right"

Before I started playing clarinet, I was listening to Benny Goodman & Artie Shaw, especially the Shaw Clarinet Concerto. Probably some Dolphy as well.

After 2 years of study, I find myself coming back to these recordings from time to time:
Sabine Meyer - Saint-Saëns Sonata
Karl Leister - Mendelsshon, Reger, Danzi, Rossini & Neilsen sonatas
Todd Levy - Brahms clarinet sonatas
Stanley Drucker - Mozart Quintet

Forgot to include Eric Dolphy The recording of God Bless the child from his Swedish or Berlin concerts.

The video is on you tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuiIyDxa750
bass clarinet at its best!

I remember that Dolphy video, I probably saw it several times, I liked it that much.

Here is a bass clarinet video you might like. Henri Bok in a bass clarinet-trombone duet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jZmL5mGf4I

I checked out the Clarinet Gang link. I enjoyed their playing, a really great group

I had never heard of this one until a few weeks ago when we started looking for solo and ensemble music. we wanted to do a clarinet choir and our band director picked out a really cool, very fast piece for us. It's called Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, I recommend you listen to it once.

Edmund Welles

:D

perhaps not quite the sort of thing you were thinking of.

Stanley Drucker playing the Nielsen concerto (I believe hardest thing ever written for clarinet) with the NY Philharmonic 30 years ago. He Has been with the NYPO 60 years, 49 as Principal Chair and WILL retire June '09 at age 80.