Benny Goodman was noted for being one of the greatest jazz clarinetists of his generation, but there was another side of his musical ambition and that was to play the music of the great classical composers such as Mozart, Brahms and Beethoven, all of whom wrote works featuring the clarinet. Benny was to get his chance when he joined with the Budapest String Quartet to perform Mozart's Quintet For Clarinet And Strings KV.581, way back in 1938, the same year he was crowned the King Of Jazz after his band's stupendous performance at the world famed Carnegie Hall. In 1940 he joined with The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Of New York to perform Mozart's Concerto For Clarinet And Orchestra KV.622. Five years laterin 1945 he was to perform with pianist Nadja Reisenberg, Johannes Brahms' Sonata No.2 For Clarinet And Piano, Opus 120, No.2 and the following year, with the same pianist, he was to perform Ludwig van Beethoven's, Variations On A Theme From "Don Giovanni" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. If you are a fan of Benny Goodman's music or a classical buff then this is your chance to hear the other side of the man's music as Benny Goodman Goes Classic.

Tracklist:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, KV 581 - First Movement: Allegro [5:57]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, KV 581 - Second Movement: Larghetto [5:37]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, KV 581 - Third Movement: Menuetto [6:20] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Qui
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, KV 622 - First Movement: Allegro [12:25]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, KV 622 - Second Movement: Adagio [6:55]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, KV 622 - Third Movement: Rondo: Allegro [9:17]
Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 2 for Clarinet and Piano, Opus 120, No. 2 - First Movement: Allegro Amabile [7:37]
Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 2 for Clarinet and Piano, Opus 120, No. 2 - Second Movement: Allegro Appassionato [5:29]
Johannes Brahms: Sonata No. 2 for Clarinet and Piano, Opus 120, No. 2 - Third Movement. Andante Con Moto (Theme and Variations)
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Variations on a Theme from 'Don Giovanni' By w a. Mozart - Variations (Transcribed By Simeon Bellison) [3:

UPC: 5019317022242
Label: Sounds Of Yesteryear
Release Date: 2.19.21
Format: CD

Goodman - Goes Classic (CD)