Here is a very beautiful Adagio written in 1821 by Heinrich Baermann, the celebrated dedicatee of works for clarinet written by Weber. For a long while considered to be a youthful work by Richard Wagner, it was only in 1964 that it was realised that this unsigned manuscript, discovered in 1922, was in fact the Adagio from the Quintet for Clarinet and Strings No. 3 Opus 23 which had become detached from the original score. - Renaud ESCRIVA

First opus from the collection "The Must-haves for Clarinet", this Romance is a wonderful Piece to be played from 3 years of instrument practice.

"Address this wonderful Romance with softness and meditation, but without sentimentality. Your tone should be full. Never force, follow articulations and breaths. Go to the end of your sentences and from F onwards, make your game become bright. - Renaud ESCRIVA"

" This study is not fast, respect the tempo and play right on time. Accentuations should never be hard. Construct well your phrasing. Be sure to always have a full and ample sound, and above all never force nuances nor forzandi. " - Renaud ESCRIVA

" Play this study with calm and tenderness. Observe dynamics without exaggerating them, avoiding particularly aggressive forzandi. Be careful with phrasing, articulations and keep your musical speech. This Piece is the study of the Romantic era, so your tone should be rich, ample and free. " - Renaud ESCRIVA

" Play this study with energy and power, but never force. One way to do this is to think that your sound radiates around you as a soap bubble. You will thus avoid saturating your sound, your articulations will be more defined and your staccato much faster. Respect the character of these two movements and concentrate on the phrasing of the central part while keeping a rapid tempo. " - Renaud ESCRIVA