Person · clarinetist & conductor
Michael Collins
Albums
47
Members
1
Active
1962–present
Origin
United Kingdom
Biography
Michael Collins is one of the most complete musicians of his generation. With a continuing, distinguished career as a soloist, he has in recent years also become highly regarded as a conductor and in 2010 took the position of Principal Conductor of the City of London Sinfonia. Recent guest conducting and play-directing highlights have included engagements with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Ulster Orchestra, and the HPAC Orchestra in Kyoto, Japan.
Discography
Dies Natalis / Clarinet Concerto / Farewell to Arms
Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra / Concerto for Clarinet and Strings / Concerto for Flute and Strings / Concerto no. 2 for Horn and Strings
Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas / Weber: Grand duo concertant
Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin / Two Rhapsodies / Rumanian Folk Dances / Contrasts
Flute and Harp Concerto, K. 299 / Sinfonia concertante, K. 297B
The Music for Violin and Piano Vol 3: Andante / Burlesque / Contrasts / For Children / Slovak Folk Songs / Sonata (1903)
Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du Temps / Shostakovich: Piano Trio no. 2
BBC Music, Volume 8, Number 2: Schubert: Octet
Brahms - Frühling: Clarinet Trios / Schumann: Märchenerzählungen / Träumerei
Clarinet Concerto / Symphonia: Sum Fluxai Pretium Spei
Music From Saratoga
Music From Saratoga
Clarinet Concertos
Clarinet Concerto no. 1 / Clarinet Concerto no. 2
Octet / Shepherd on the Rock
Clarinet Concerto no. 3 / Clarinet Concerto no. 4
Unknown Britten
Virtuoso Clarinet
The Lyrical Clarinet
British Clarinet Concertos
British Clarinet Sonatas, Volume 1
Realisations
Weber: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Clarinet Concertino & Horn Concertino
British Clarinet Sonatas, Vol. 2
Orchestral Works, Volume 4: Symphony no. 1 / Partita / Chain 2 / Preludia taneczne
Works for Clarinet and Orchestra
Brahms: Cello Sonatas & Clarinet Trio
String Quartet, op. 51 no. 2 / Clarinet Quintet, op. 115
The Virtuoso Clarinet, Vol. 2
Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas - Reinecke: Sonata Undine and Introduzione ed Allegro appassionato
Beethoven: Quintet for Piano & Winds / Spohr: Wind Septet
British Clarinet Concertos, Volume 2
The Lyrical Clarinet, Vol. 2
Clarinet Sonatas
BBC Music, Volume 27, Number 2: Quartet for the End of Time
The Three Clarinet Concertos / Introduction et air suédois
Burleske / Romanze / Duett-Concertino / Violin Concerto
The Lyrical Clarinet, Volume 3
Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 5 / Finzi: Clarinet Concerto
3 Sonatas
La clarinette parisienne
Mozart: Concerto & Quintet / Birchall: Concerto
Clarinet Concerto no. 1 / Philharmonic Concerto / Divertimento no. 2 / The Padstow Lifeboat / Commonwealth Christmas Overture / Larch Trees
English Music for Clarinet
Piano Concertos
Symphonies 34, 35 and 36
Schubert's Four Seasons
Credits
Works
Ligeti Edition 7: Chamber Music: Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano / Ten Pieces & Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet / Sonata for Solo Viola
BBC Music, Volume 4, Number 10: BBC Young Musicians Past Finalists
The Soldier's Tale
Piano Quintet in A, D. 667 'Trout' / Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D.965 (The Shepherd on the Rock)
3 Sonatas
Americana
An 80th Birthday Tribute
Dies Natalis/Clarinet Concerto/A Farewell To Arms
Four Compositions / Winternacht, Walden
Gnarly Buttons & John's Book Of Alleged Dances
Introduction & Allegro For Harp 🞄 String Quartet, Flute And Clarinet 🞄 Sonata For Violin And Violoncello 🞄 Trio For Piano, Violin And Violoncello
Le Bal Masqué - Le Bestiaire - Sextet - Trio
Le Carnaval Des Animaux · Piano Trio Op. 18 · Septet Op. 65
Mozart Chamber Music
Music For Winds
Music From Saratoga Chamber Music
Nonet • Oboe Quintet • Elegiac Trio • Clarinet Sonata • Harp Quintet
Octet
Oktett = Octet In F Major
Phaedra • Lachrymae • The Sword In The Stone • Night Mail • Sinfonietta
Quartet For The End Of Time
Rout • Madam Noy • The Women Of Yueh • Conversations • Rhapsody • Oboe Quintet
Sonata For Unaccompanied Violin / Two Rhapsodies / Romanian Folk Dances / Contrasts
Songs Cathy Sang
Symphonia - Clarinet Concerto
The Big Country
The Chamber Music Of Malcolm Arnold - 2
The Chamber Music Of Malcolm Arnold - 3
The Firebird • Petrushka • The Rite Of Spring • Pulcinella • Apollo • Symphonies
The John Adams Earbox