(2008) Schubert: Violon Sonatas, German Dances & Lied Transcribed for Clarinet and Piano Kei Koito This is his first recording

This is his first recording

seems to hover behind the opening of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony

had warned us of “a monstrous instrument”

The four concertos are buoyant and sprightly works that all climax in lively “hunting” finales

particularly with his own compositions

(2008) Schubert: Violon Sonatas, German Dances & Lied Transcribed for Clarinet and Piano Kei Koito This is his first recordingThinking back on my own life as a musician; I realize that; had I been introduced by other musicians to such a radically different world as Schubert's; I should undoubtedly have shown less interest for him. In other words; how is it that a stream can move me so deeply; moreover a stream of tears? (Jelinek) While I admire Schubert's simplicity; the natural flow; the endless melodies; the character both earthly and immaterial of his dances; his poetry