[American Music for Clarinet & Piano (Bernstein, Gershwin, Novacek, D’Rivera) ] …(Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu) make disarming music, and revel in virtuoso interplay. Manasse shows both the subtle and antic aspects
[RECORDING FINDS PASSION IN BRAHMS’ LATE WORKS FOR CLARINET] The sonatas are lovingly served by clarinetist Jon Manasse and pianist Jon Nakamatsu. Mr. Manasse’s warm, mellow tone flows over Mr. Nakamatsu’s
To see what was missing, you had only to wait for principal clarinetist Jon Manasse’s three short solos in the Beethoven Adagio, which arose softly, hesitantly, from the surrounding orchestral