The Essential Emma Johnson is a 2CD collection described by ASV as the definitive performances of Britain's favourite clarinettist. Available for the price of one disc is a double disc featuring her most popular and critically acclaimed recordings.

In Concert
Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A K622
Crusell Clarinet Concerto no.2
Baermann Adagio
Arnold Clarinet Concerto no.2 op.118

In Recital
Reade - The Victorian Kitchen Garden
Rimsky-Korsakov - Flight of the Bumble bee
Rachmaninov - Vocalise
Schumann - Fantasiestucke op.73
Debussy - La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin
Ravel - Pavane pour une infante defunte
Milhaud - Scaramouche Suite
Satie - Gymnopedie no.1
Gershwin - Three Preludes
MacDowell - To A Wild Rose
Finzi - Five Bagatelles op.23
Blake - Walking in the Air
Benjamin - Jamaican Rumba

'A lovely collection and terrific value for money' Classic FM magazine

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. 1. Allegro - Emma Johnson, John Boyden, English Chamber Orchestra, Tim Handley, Raymond Leppard, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. 2. Adagio - Emma Johnson, John Boyden, English Chamber Orchestra, Tim Handley, Raymond Leppard, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
3. 3. Rondo. Allegro - Emma Johnson, John Boyden, English Chamber Orchestra, Tim Handley, Raymond Leppard, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4. I. Allegro - Emma Johnson, John Boyden, Antony Howell, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Groves
5. 2. Andante pastorale - Emma Johnson, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Groves, John Boyden, Antony Howell
6. 3. Rondo - Emma Johnson, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Groves, John Boyden, Antony Howell
7. Adagio for clarinet and strings in D flat "Wagner's Adagio" - Emma Johnson, John Boyden, Antony Howell, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Groves, Heinrich Baermann
8. 1. Allegro vivace - Emma Johnson, English Chamber Orchestra, Ivor Bolton, Malcolm Arnold
9. 2. Lento - Emma Johnson, English Chamber Orchestra, Ivor Bolton, Malcolm Arnold
10. 3. (The Pre-Goodman Rag) Allegro non troppo - Andrew Keener, Emma Johnson, English Chamber Orchestra, Martin Haskell, Ivor Bolton, Malcolm Arnold

Disc 2:

1. Prelude - Emma Johnson, Skaila Kanga
2. Spring - Emma Johnson, Skaila Kanga
3. Mists - Emma Johnson, Skaila Kanga
4. Exotica - Emma Johnson, Skaila Kanga
5. Summer - Emma Johnson, Skaila Kanga
6. Flight of the Bumble Bee - Emma Johnson, Julius Drake
7. Vocalise, Op.34 No.12 - Andrew Keener, Emma Johnson, Julius Drake, Martin Haskell, Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov
8. 1. Zart und mit Ausdruck - Emma Johnson, Gordon Back, Roy Emerson, Martin Haskell, Robert Schumann
9. 2. Lebhaft, leicht - Emma Johnson, Gordon Back, Roy Emerson, Martin Haskell, Robert Schumann
10. 3. Rasch und mit Feuer - Emma Johnson, Gordon Back, Roy Emerson, Martin Haskell, Robert Schumann
11. La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin - Brian B. Culverhouse, Emma Johnson, Gordon Back, Claude Debussy
12. Pavane pour une infante défunte - Emma Johnson, Gordon Back, Maurice Ravel
13. 1. Vif - Andrew Keener, Emma Johnson, Julius Drake, Martin Haskell, Darius Milhaud
14. 2. Modéré - Andrew Keener, Emma Johnson, Julius Drake, Martin Haskell, Darius Milhaud
15. 3. Brazileira - Andrew Keener, Emma Johnson, Julius Drake, Martin Haskell, Darius Milhaud
16. Gymnopedie No. 1 - Andrew Keener, Emma Johnson, Julius Drake, Martin Haskell, Erik Satie
17. 1. Allegro ben ritmato - Emma Johnson, Julius Drake
18. 2. Andante con moto e poco rubato - Emma Johnson, Julius Drake
19. 3. Allegro ben ritmato e deciso - Emma Johnson, Julius Drake
20. To a Wild Rose - Emma Johnson, Julius Drake
21. 1. Prelude - Allegro deciso - Emma Johnson, Roy Emerson, Malcolm Martineau, Michael Sheady, Richard Hale
22. 2. Romance - Andante tranquillo - Emma Johnson, Roy Emerson, Malcolm Martineau, Michael Sheady, Richard Hale
23. 3. Carol - Andantino semplice - Emma Johnson, Roy Emerson, Malcolm Martineau, Michael Sheady, Richard Hale
24. 4. Forlana - Allegretto grazioso - Emma Johnson, Roy Emerson, Malcolm Martineau, Michael Sheady, Richard Hale
25. 5. Fughetta - Allegro vivace - Emma Johnson, Roy Emerson, Michael Sheady, Richard Hale, Malcolm Martineau
26. Walking in the Air from The Snowman - Andrew Keener, Emma Johnson, Julius Drake, Martin Haskell, Howard Blake
27. Jamaican Rumba - Emma Johnson, Julius Drake, Arthur Benjamin

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13521 in Music
• Released on: 2008-07-22
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Box set
• Running time: 150 minutes

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Customer Reviews

Wonderful, romantic clarinet
This is a lovely double-cd which shows us all the best from Emma Johnson. She really masters the romantic repertoire!

I'm most fond of disc two which contains two suites that is hard to find elswhere. The first is the music to the tv-serie 'The Victorian Kitchen Garden', the second is the 'Five Bagatelles' by Finzi. Here is a clarinet that really knows how to crept into your ear and caress both mind an soul.

Highly recommendable!

Excellent CD
This CD is wonderful and has been exceptionally usefull for my A2 performance investigation; she plays so differently from many clarinettists and so gives me plenty to talk about. Hearing the 5 Bagatelles has been really good for my own performances too; I've learnt a lot by hearing another play the pieces.