WHITEHEAD: Catchy as those old tunes are, the main attraction here is the lovely sound of blended woodwinds, the pastel colors and animal yawps of Jurgen Kupke on clarinet, Michael Thieke usually ...

But Morales knows how to soften its edges, smudge its colors, blur and sharpen at will. “Contrasts,” Bartók’s three-part suite for clarinet, violin and piano was commissioned in 1938 by ...

The clarinet has a smooth, almost hollow sound, by turns cool and brilliant, with a dynamic range more remarkable than other woodwinds, possessing a haunting tone color in its lowest octave.