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THE CLARINET & FLUTE SOLOISTS:
CD 8840 (BAR 0 89658 88402 4)

Clarinet Concerto, Flute Concerto, Walter Piston; Variations for Clarinet & Orchestra, Gioacchino Rossini; Studie fur Klarinette, Gaetano Donizetti; Ballade for Clarinet, Harp & Strings*, Eric Ewazen; Still Voices for Clarinet Solo, David E. Jones; Partita for Solo Clarinet, William Presser; Ballade for Flute, Frank Martin; John Russo, clarinet, Samuel Baron, flute, Billings Symphony Orchestra, Uri Barnea, conductor, *Society Orchestra of New York City, Thomas Crawford, Conductor


CHAMBER MUSIC:
CD 8949 (BAR 7 89658 89492 4)

Sonata for Clarinet & Piano, Leonard Bernstein; Cambridge Trio, William Alexander, Premiere Solo DeConcours, Pierre Francois-Aubert; Pierrot’s Fancy, James Fry; divertimento a tre, Ernesto Pellegrini; Variations for Piano four Hands, Emma Lou Diemer John Russo, Clarinet, Carolyn Englert, oboe, Lydia Walton Ignacio, piano Arthur Houle, piano, David N. Joseph, bassoon, Michael Schmidt, cello; Vivian Barton, cello, Marjorie & Wendell Nelson, pianists


DONAUESCHINGEN:
CD 9051 (BAR 7 89658 90512 4)

Clarinet Sonata, Paul Hindemith; Suite fur Trompete, Saxophone Und Posaune, Ernst Pepping; Drei Lustige Marsche, Ernst Krenek; Kleine Serenade fur Militarorchester, Ernst Pepping; Spiel fur Blasorchester, Ernst Toch; Konzertmusik fur Blasorchester, Paul Hindemith: John Russo, clarinet, Lydia Walton , Ignacio, piano, Mostly Modern Chamber Players, Furman Civic Wind Ensemble, John Carmichael, conductor


CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL:
CD 9052 (BAR 7 89658 90522 4)

Fort Washington Overture, Elegy for Oboe Solo, John Russo; Concerto Brevis, Missa Brevis, Mary J. Van Appledorn; Three Koans for String Quartet, Jamie Kowalski; Introduction & Rondo Fantastico, Allan Blank; Anachronisms, Peter Lieuwen; Metamorphoses on a theme by Paul Hindemith, James H. Fry National Festival Orchestra, John Russo, conductor, John DeLancie, oboe soloist, Susan Blinderman, piano, Billie Hagemeier, soprano Judson D. Maynard, organ Chamber Art Soloists String Quartet, Arthur Weisberg, bassoon, Martin Goldray, piano, Jeffry Lerner, clarinet Chester Rowell, bass clarinet David Tomatz, cello Werner Rose, piano, Furman Civic Wind Ensemble, John Carmichael, conductor


KALEIDOSCOPE:
CD 9153 (BAR 7 89658 91532 4)

Tre Madrigali Concertati, Allen Brings; Two Songs on Latin Fragments, From Holy week in Genoa, Raoul Pleskow; Impromptus for Cello & Piano, Randall Snyder; Festival Fantasia, Theldon Myers; Cornucopia for Solo Trumpet, Mary J. Van Appledorn; Duo for Clarinet & Percussion, Stuart Glazer; Clarinet; Sonata No. 1, John Russo; Aria, Jacques Ibert Jennifer Cable, soprano, Mirjam Ingolfsson, cello, Ursula Ingolfsson, harpsichord, Kenneth Merrill, Piano, Kari Ravnan, cello Audun Ravnan, piano, Paul Binko, organ, Richard Tolley, trumpet, John Russo, clarinet, Lydia Walton Ignacio, piano, Steven Dinion, percussion


PIANO MUSIC OF GABRIEL FAURE:
CD 9154 (BAR 7 89658 91542 4)

Ballade in F# major, Nocturne No. 6 in Db major, Nine Preludes, Barcarolle No. 3 in Gb major, Barcarolle No. 5 in f# minor, Barcarolle No. 8 in Db major, Impromptu No. 2 in F minor, Impromptu No. 5 in F# minor, Theme and Variations in C# minor Samuel Dilworth-Leslie, piano


CONTEMPORARY/CLASSIC MASTERS:
CD 9255 (BAR 0 7 9658 92552 4)

Pastoral for Clarinet & Piano, Elliott Carter; Sonata No. 4 for clarinet & Piano, Larghetto for Clarinet, Viola & Piano, John Russo; Sonata No. 1 for Clarinet & Piano, Francois Devienne; Gray Dawn Clarinet Solo, Robert Dusek; Introduction & Dance, John Davison; Partita No. 1 for Violoncello, David Hush; Songs from a Child’s Garden, Carl Harrison John Russo, clarinet, Lydia Walton Ignacio, piano, Sidney Curtiss, viola, Mirjam Ingolfsson, cello, Barbara Ford, soprano, Billy K. Vaughn, piano


EXCURSIONS:
CD 9257 (BAR 7 89658 92572 4)

Caprice-Improvisation, Eugene Bozza: Sonata for Flute & Piano, Four Pieces for Clarinet Unaccompanied, John Russo; Hydra Sonata for Flute & Piano, Enric A Zappa: Ayre for Strings, Mary Jeanne van Appledorn; String Quartet No. 1, Sonata for Violoncello & Piano, David Hush: John Russo, clarinet, Lydia Walton Ignacio, piano, Loren Lind, flute, Priscilla Call, flute; Miles Graber, piano, Chamber Art Soloists Strings


ALBUMLEAF:
CD 9358 (BAR 7 89658 93582 4)

Sonata for Clarinet & Piano Op. 49, Albumleaf, Tarantella, Max Reger; A Quite, Lovely Piece for Clarinet & Piano, Emma Lou Diemer; Four Songs for Medium Voice, Clarinet, Bassoon & Piano, William Bergsma; Sonata for Clarinet & Piano, Nora Wendelburg; Trio for Violin Cello and Piano, Michael Phillip Zak; Serenata a tre, Ernesto Pellegrini: John Russo, clarinet, Lydia Walton Ignacio, piano, Mark D. Gigliotti, bassoon, Georgine Resick, soprano, Heidi Jacob, violoncello, Gloria J. Schenk, violin, Marilyn Costello, harp, Reiko Uchida, piano*


VIRTUOSO WORKS FOR CLARINET & ORCHESTRA:
CD 9459 (BAR 7 89658 94592 4)

Concertino for Clarinet & Orchestra, Gaetano Donizetti; Premiere Rhapsodie, Claude Debussy; Concertante for Clarinet & Orchestra, Norman Dello Joio; Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo, Igor Stravinsky; Symphony No. 2 in one movement, Irwin Swack; Pangaea for Orchestra*, Henry Wolking, John Russo, clarinet soloist Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, David Amos, conductor Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra*, Madeline Schatz, conductor


PANORAMA OF THE 20TH CENTURY:
GS Cassette 1059 (BAR 0 89658 10594 7)

Trio for Clarinet, Cello & Piano, Harrison Kerr; Sonata for Clarinet & Piano No. 3, Variations on a Kyrie, John Russo; Sonatina for Clarinet & Piano, Bernard Heiden; Fantasia Brevis for Clarinet & Piano, Otto Luening. Lorne Munroe, cello, John Russo, clarinet, Lydia Walton Ignacio, piano


WIZARDS:
CD 9460 (BAR 7 89658 94602 4)

Concerto in C, Tommaso Albinoni; Bionic Music, Graham Powning; Sevilla, Cadiz, Isaac Albeniz; Pastoral Quartett, Friedrich Gustav Lange; Pastorle, Tarantella, John Russo; Sonata en Quatours, Louis Antoine Dornel; Time is Vicious, Scott L. Miller; Three Preludes, George Gershwin; Tri Stavka, Mladin Pozajic: Mark Weiger, oboe, oboe d’amour, Andrea Gullickson, oboe, oboe d’amour S. Blake Duncan, English horn Greg Morton, bassoon


MASTERWORKS FOR CLARINET & PIANO:
CD 9561 (BAR 7 89658 95612 9)

Dialogues for Clarinet & Piano, George Rochberg; Six Casual Developments, Henry Cowell; Two Studies/Three Preludes, John Russo; Sonata for Clarinet & Piano, Jeremy Beck; Three Polemics, Randal Snyder Clarinet Sonata, Carolyn Bremer; Tune & Chase with Quickstep Dirge, Stephan Chandler John Russo, clarinet Lydia Walton Ignacio, piano


ART SONG HERITAGE OF THE AMERICAS:
CD 9662 (BAR 7 89658 96622 4)

With Strawberries, Leo Sowerby; A Persian Love Song, Dream Rivers, Stephen Paulus; Archaic Torso of Apollo, The Dance, Moor Swan, Alberto Ginastera; Chacarera, Triste, Zamba, Arorro, Gato, Heitor Villa-Lobos; Na corda da viola, Pobre Peregrino, Nesta Rua, Manda tiro tiro la, Maurice Dela: An Immorality, She Walks in Beauty, John Russo; Far beyond all Dreams, New Love, O lovely Venus, Jean Coulthard; The Return from Town, Branch by branch, Midas Poor Midas, From a Hotel Room, Leslie Adams, Frederick Kennedy, tenor Henri Venazi, piano


PAUL DEPASS/WARNIAN EORTHE:
CD 9459 (BAR 7 89658 94592 4)

Alexander Scriabine, etudes op. 42, Nos. 3,4,5/po.65, No. 3: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Prelude in d, op. Posthumous, Fragments, Moment Musicaux, op. 16, No. 2 in Eb min.; Chopin/Godowsky, etude in bouble sixths for left hand; Franz Liszt, Solree de Vienna, Valse Caprice No. 4 after Schubert; Robert Schumann, Presto Passionato in g minor, op. 22: Saint-Saens/Liszt/Horowitz-Danse Macabre; Samuel Barber, Ballade; francis Poulenc-Presto in Bb; Paul Depass, pianist Anne Conrad-Antoville, Cellist Anthony C. Antoville, Speaker


DANISH/AMERICAN COMPOSERS:
CD 9664 (BAR 7 89658 96642 4)

Goldranken, Abgrund, Bent Lorentzen; Contrasts, Mary J. Van Appledorn; Immotus, Ferruccio Germani; Prelude One, Prelude two, Lars Hegaard; Piano Sonata No. One, Toccata, Jeremy Beck; Five Dialogues, Gudrun Lund; Toccata No. 1, Toccata No. 2. John Russo Kristian Rasmussen, piano


LE VIOLON DE LA MORT:
CD 9665 (BAR 7 89658 96652 3)

Sonata No. 2, Op. 27/2, E. Ysaye; Poeme Elegiaque, Op. 12, E. Ysaye; Le Violon de la Mort, Grete v. Zieritz, Vivian Hoffman, violin , Jennifer Huntly, piano


CHAMBER ART SOLOISTS /et al:
CD 9766 (BAR 7 89658 97662 1)

Quintet for Clarinet & Strings,** Gordon Jacob; Clarinet Trio, (for clarinet, viola & piano), Gundrun Lund; String Quartet*, Theldon Myers; Serenade Magique, Kenneth Olson; Ragged Tree at Olive Ridge, John Drumheller, Chamber Ensemble/members Lindsayan Quartet CHAMBER ART SOLOISTS** members with (John Russo, clarinet, Lydia Walton Ignacio, piano, Valerie Johnson, viola); Chester String Quartet* Lensayan String Quartet, with (Karen Haid, flute, Jeanmarie Riccobono, clarinet, Tina Tung, harp


PRELUDIO:
CD 9867 (BAR 0 89658 98672 0)

Preludio, Intermezzo & Finale, Ernesto Pellegrini; Sonata for Cello & Piano*, John Russo; Vice Versa, Sheila Forrester; Montage, James Lentini; Mien, Paula Diehl; Io, Michael Zak John Russo, clar./Lydia Ignacio, piano/Cecylia Barczyk, cello/ Raynaldo Reyes, piano* Lalu Ensemble members St. Clair Trio Entrances Chamber Ensemble


MOSTLY FRENCH:
CD 9868 (BAR 0 89658 986829)

Premiere Rhapsodie, Debussy ; Three Gymnopedies, Satie; Piece En Forme de Hobanera, Ravel; Petite Piece, Debussy; Clair Matin, Arabesques, Jeanjean; Alla Gitana, Dukas; Caprice, Milhaud; Sonatine, Suite for violin, clarinet & piano, Milhaud ;Trio for Clarinet in Bb, Khachaturian. John Russo, clarinetist Lydia Walton Ignacio, pianist Sergiu Schwartz, violinist


WORKS FOR SOLO CLARINET & ORCHESTRA:

CD 9459 (BAR 7 89658 945924)

Philharmonic State Orchestra, Halle, John Russo, clarinetist Clarinet Concerto, John Russo; Five Mniatures (1998), Sheila Forrester; Lament, Alan Hovhaness; Concertino for Clarinet, C. M. Weber; Presto (della Sonata per Violino), J. S. Bach; Suite of Homages, Emma Lou Diemer


FOUR PAINTINGS:
CD 9970 (BAR 0 89658 99702 3)

Piano Sonata (1946), Elliott Carter; Four Paintings, (Kevin Class, piano) Lament for Cello, John Russo; Cellano Rhapsody*, (Cecylia Barczyk, cello, Reynaldo Reyes, piano), A Liszt Fantasie, M. J. van Appledorn Oksana Lutsyshyn, piano; Tokkata for piano*, Andrey Kasparov, Oksana Lutsyshyn*, piano; Piano Quartet, Georgia* Shreve (Oksana Lutsyshyn, piano/Jorge Aguirre, vln./Amadi Hummings, vla./Janet Kriner, vc.); Short Stories (1994) Robert Reno, (Althea Holdcroft, fl./Janna Hall, cl./David Clemensen, pf.


HUNGARIAN SYMPHONY:
CD 9971 (BAR 0 89658 99712 3)

Concertino Op. 26, C. M. vonWeber; Clarinet Concerto in Eb Major Mercadante (1795/1870); Flight of the Bumble Bee, Rimsky-Korsakov; Schnell, J. P. Russo; Psalm of an Orange Angel, Doug Davis; Concerto for Trumpet, M J van Appledorn; Tango, Millenium Fanfare, Henry Wolking: Matyas Antal,conductor; John Russo, clarinetist; Molnar Zoltan, trumpet


MUSIC FOR SOLO CLARINET & ORCHESTRA:
CD 0069 (BAR 5800692 3)

Clarinet Concerto, John Russo; Five Miniatures for solo clarinet, Sheila Forrester; Lament for solo clarinet, Alan Hovhanes; Concertino, C. M. Weber; Presto for solo clarinet, J. S. Bach; Suite of Homages, Ema Lou Diemer: John Russo Clarinet; Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Halle


EXULTANT VOICES:
CD 0072 (BAR 0 89658 0077722 7)

Still Life with Sea and Whales, Lawrence Axelrod; Piano Sonata, Steven Roy Janow; Three Vocalises, R. Vaughan Williams; Dos Poemas, Joaquin Rodrigo; Gestures for Clarinet Quintet/ Five psalms/ Galilean Galaxies, Mary J. van Appledorn; Come Ready and See Me, Richard Hundley; Early One Morning, Percy Grainger; The Song of Black Max, William Bolcom Diane Ragains, soprano/Mary Stolper, flute/Fareed Haque, guitar/Brian Tarosian guitar; David Foley, piano; Nanette Canfield, soprano/David Bell, clarinet/Sean Gabriel, flute; Richard Diefenderfer/Trent Turner/Paul Skinner/Marcia Diehl-(Annapolis Clarinet Quartet); Karl Dent, tenor/Will Strieder,/trumpet/Clinton Barrick, piano; Michael Stoune, flute/Richard Meek, bassoon/Jane Ann Wilson, piano; Lesley Pryde, soprano, Laura Leon-Cohen, piano


HINDEMITH:
CD 0482 (7 89658 04822  2)

Still Life with Sea and Whales, Lawrence Axelrod; Piano Sonata, Steven Roy Janow; Three Vocalises, R. Vaughan Williams; Dos Poemas, Joaquin Rodrigo; Gestures for Clarinet Quintet/ Five psalms/ Galilean Galaxies, Mary J. van Appledorn; Come Ready and See Me, Richard Hundley; Early One Morning, Percy Grainger; The Song of Black Max, William Bolcom Diane Ragains, soprano/Mary Stolper, flute/Fareed Haque, guitar/Brian Tarosian guitar; David Foley, piano; Nanette Canfield, soprano/David Bell, clarinet/Sean Gabriel, flute; Richard Diefenderfer/Trent Turner/Paul Skinner/Marcia Diehl-(Annapolis Clarinet Quartet); Karl Dent, tenor/Will Strieder,/trumpet/Clinton Barrick, piano; Michael Stoune, flute/Richard Meek, bassoon/Jane Ann Wilson, piano; Lesley Pryde, soprano, Laura Leon-Cohen, piano


AMERICAN COMPOSERS PIANO WORKS:
CD 0173 (BAR 0 89658 01732 5)

Narrative, Op. 41, Nocturne, Op. 6, Lee Hoiby; Interlude 1, Op. Post. Souvenirs, Op. 28, Sonata, Op. 26, Samuel Barber, 1910-1981, Susan Sobolewski, Pianist


A TRIBUTE TO GERMAN LIEDER:
CD 0174 (BAR 0 89658 01742 4)

Sechs deutsche Lieder Op. 103 Ludwig Spohr; Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, Franz Schubert; Three Songs for Clarinet Soprano & Piano, John Russo Echo, The Moon, Paul Hindemith; Drei Romanzen, Op. 94, Robert Schumann: John Russo, Clarinetist, N=Kenge Simpson, Soprano, Lydia Walton Ignacio, Pianist


TRIO MASTER WORKS:
CD 0275 (BAR 0 89658 02752 2)

Trio Op. 11 Ludwig van Beethoven; ( Mirjam Ingolffson, vc.), Trio in A minor, Op. 114, Brahms (Cecilia. Barczyk, vc.), Trio for Piano, Clarinet & Cello, (Lorne Munroe, vc.), V. D=Indy: John Russo, clarinet, Lydia Walton Ignacio, piano


COMPILATION:
CD 0276 (BAR 0 89658 02762 1)

Amara Vigil, Rob Burbea,; Sonata for Violin & Piano, Myron Fink; Peculiarities, Alice Moerk; Fidelio Beethoven, Queen of Spades, Tchaikovsky, Turandont, Puccini (excerpts), Parquet Musique, Miniatures for Trombone Quartet, Sym. For Perc. Orch., van Appledorn


BAIRD AND THE PROFET:
CD 0377 (BAR 0 89658 02772 1)

John Schlenck, Moscow Choir/State Radio Television Orchestra; Elegie, Tchaikovsky; Two Sketches, Philharmonic (Ukrain Gordon Jacob, Chamber Society Orchestra of Philadelphia; Fanfair for Orchestra, van Appledorn, Lviv Philharmonic


SONATA FOR CELLO & PIANO:
CD 0378 (BAR 0 89658 02782 1)

William Bolcom Thomas Rutishauser, cello, Giacomo Franci, piano; DUO FOR CLARINET & CELLO, John Russo, John Russo, clarinet, Mirjam Ingolfsson, cello STRING QUARTET, RACHEL WEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN, Lazar Trachtenberg, PACIFICA QUARTET SONIC MUTATION, Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, Gail Barber, harp; DUO FOR FLUTE AND HARP, Noreen Inglesi Angela R. Mullins, flute, Su-ting Hsu, Harp; ARIA, William Grant Still ) Adagio (6:29), William Popp, Accordion ; PARTITA, Alexander Tcherepnin William Popp, Accordion; SONATA DA CHIESA, for Oboe and Accordion (1981) Robert Young McMahan James Ostryniec, Oboe, Robert Young McMahan Accordion


ILLUSIONS:
CD 0379 (BAR 0 89658 379 1)

Clarke: Sonata in D Major for Violin & Piano; Helen Armstrong, violin/ Kazuko Hayami, piano Schlenck:, Sonata in Two Movements for cello & piano ,Wolfram Koessel, cello/Kazuko Hayami, piano Hindemith: Quartet for Clarinet, Violin, Cello & Piano, Armstrong Chamber Concerts: John Russo, clarinet/Helen Armstrong, violin/Wolfram Koessel, cello/ Robert Kulek, piano


MUSIC FROM UKRAINE:
CD 0380 (BAR 0 89658 03802 1)

Clarinet Concerto, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Clarinet Concerto, Paul Hindemith; Passacaglia and Chorale, Mary Jeanne Van Appledorn; Volante, Randall Snyder: Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuriy Lutsiv, Conductor; John Russo, Clarinetist Cooney/Bhadresa, pianos


CANADIAN – AMERICAN COMPOSERS:
CD 0481 bar: (7 89658 04812 0)

Cheryl L. Cooney, SHAPES for Two Pianos and Percussion, Anita Bhadresa, Piano, Cheryl Cooney, piano, Nicholas Jacques, Percussionist; John Schlenck, Sonata for Clarinet & Piano; John Burge, Sonata Breve No. 2: John Russo, clarinet, Emi Nakajima, piano; Emma Lou Diemer, Six Songs, Jens Hanson, Songs of the Music School: Nanette Canfield, soprano, Carla McElhaney, piano; Éric Marty, Buoyancy, Angela R. Mullins, flute, Su-Ting


JOHN RUSSO:
CD 0482 (7 89658 04822 2 )

Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, LYDIA IGNACIO, Piano; Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano, HINDEMITH; Gavotte des damoiselles, Chanson A Bercer, Improvisation et Caprice, BOZZA; Vocalise, ROUSSEL; Melopee, IBERT; Five o’clock, RAVEL; *Jaded Garden, Six Contemporary Saxophone Studies RUSSO; (w. *KAZUO TOKITO, flute/piccolo), Jaded


LVIV PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA:
CD 0583 (7 89658 858328)

Ritual Piano Concerto, Yuriy Oliynyk, Oksana Rapita, Piano; Token for Soprano & Orchestra, Doug Davis, Susanna Raymond, Dramatic Soprano; Brunnhilde’s Immolation Scene from die otterdammerung, Richard Wagner, Susanna Raymond, Dramatic Soprano, Yuriy Lutsiv, Conductor, Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra


FROM MOSCOW WITH LOVE:
CD 0584 (BAR 89658 85842)

AARON COPLAND, clarinet concerto, John Russo, clarinet; JOHN RUSSO, American triptych for solo clarinet, John Russo, clarinet; JOHN SCHLENCK, clarinet concerto, John Russo, clarinet; PELLEGRINI, Movement X, Arianna’s Piece (for solo clarinet), John Russo, clarinet; JOHN SCHLENCK, symphony No. 2, Russian State Symphony Cinema Orchestra, Sergai Skripka, conductor


CONTEMPORARY CHAMBER ART:
CD 0685 (BAR 0 89658 06852 5)

FINK, Sonata No. 2 For Violin & Piano, Alyze Dreiling, violin; Myron Fink, piano; ZAK, Jonathan Edwards, for organ, Marie Zak, organ; ZAK, 5. Starburst, for three vibraphones & marimba; WALICKI, Love Songs for a Mediterranean God, Nicole Baker, voice/Geneva Romana Gálvez, flute, Kyle Champion, cello/Brian Head, guitar; INGLESI, Two Songs, Portia’s Song 19. Morning Sky; RUSSO, Three Songs for baritone, clarinet, cello & piano My Star, Nightingails, The First Day Fredrick Redd, baritone/John Russo, clarinet/Stephen Framil, cello/Mary Jo Pena, piano


CONTRASTS:
CD 0686  (BAR 7 89658 06862 3)

Serenade & Capriccio, Bruce J. Taub; Three Ostinati, John Russo; Matrices, Mary J. Van Appledorn; Harvey Pittel, Alto Saxophone, Craig Williams, piano; Study for Saxophone alone, Anthony E. Vazzana; Duolog, for alto saxophone & piano, Ernesto Pellegrini; Concerto for saxophone & piano, Robert Cuckson: Harvey Pittel, Saxophone, Michelle Schumann, piano


St. Petersburg Orchestra; John Russo, clarinet/Chester Quartet:
CD 0887   (BAR  1 25002 74135 0)

Carl Nielsen,  Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra, Op. 57; John Russo, Bagatelles for Carl Nielsen,  Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra, Op. 57; John Russo, Bagatelles for Clarinet & Orchestra; Emma Lou Diemer, Poem of Remembrance, Emma Lou Diemer; Jazz Raga for Clarinet JohnSchlenck, Paul Hindemith, Quintet for Clarinet & Strings


CLASSICAL/ROMANTIC/MASTERS:
CD 0989 (BAR 789658 09892)

John Russo, clarinet- Unkyoung Kim, viola William Heiles, piano- Trio, KV 498, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Fairy Tales, Opus 132, Robert Schumann; Quintet, Opus 115, Johannes Brahms -Vertigo Quartet


SONATAS/BRAHMS:
CD 1190 (BAR 7 89658 011902)

Clarinet Sonata Op. 120 No. 1 Johannes Brahms, (Ang Li, Piano): Clarinet Sonata Op. 120 No. 2, Johannes Brahms; Clarinet Sonata No. 6, John Russo; (Liza Stepanova, Piano) Clarinet Sonata No. 2, John Schlenck; (Liza Stepanova, Piano)


MOZART & THE CONTEMPORARY:
CD 1191 (BAR 7 89658 1191)

John Russo, Clarinet; The Old City String Quartet; Quintet for Clarinet & String Quartet, K.581, W. A. Mozart CD 1191; Quintet for Clarinet & Strings, John Russo; Quintet for Clarinet & Strings, John Schlenck; String Quartet No. 2 , Mina Fan; String Quartet No. 2, Lary Hoffman


CONTEMPORARY ART:
CD 1192  (BAR7 896581192 7)

Clarinet Concerto, Robert Dusek, U.C. Colorado Orchestra, Olson, cond., Russo, Clarinet; Concerto for 2 Pianos, Cheryl Cooney; St. Petersburg Orch, Shteinlukht, conductor; Scream, Vittorio Furgeri, Moravian Phil. Orchestra,  Suben, conductor; Scale Countdown, John Schlenck, Ang Li, piano; Memory of Splendid Music, Mary J van Appledorn,  Burroughs, mezzo soprano, Sifford, piano,   Kralove Orchestra, Sebastian Weiser, conductor


MUSIC FROM PRAGUE:
CD 1192 (BAR 7 896581192 7)

John Russo, Clarinet, Ang Li, Piano Concerto No. 1 for Clarinet & Orchestra, C. M. von Weber; Concerto for Clarinet & Orchestra, Darius Milhaud; Monologue for unaccompanied Clarinet, Ernst Krenek; Concerto for Piano & Chamber Orchestra, John Schlenck Swans for Orchestra, Bruce Reiprich; Hradec Kralove Orchestra, A. Sebastian Weiser, conductor


A CELEBRATION OF QUINTET MUSIC:
CD 1393  (BAR7 89658 11922 6)

The Kallima Quintet-Five Pieces for Woodwind Quintet, John Russo; Woodwind Quintet, John Schlenck, Wind Quintet No. 2; The Blues, Larry Hoffman; Aires Tropicales, Paquito D’Rivera;  Flute: Dalia Chin, Constance Volk Oboe: Naomi Bensdorf Frisch, Clarinet, Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, Sunshine Simmons Horn, Kelly Langenberg, Matthew Monroe Bassoon, Charles Shapera


SCENIC LANDSCAPE:
CD1394 (BAR0 00007 89658 3)

Three Pieces for Woodwind Quintet, Russo; Toccata Song Dance; Quintet For Winds No. 2, Quilling. Moderately fast, Allegro, Adagio, Allegro; Duo for Bassoon & Viola, Schlenck, Moderato, Allegro ma non tropo, Lento, Andante, Duo For Bass Clarinet & Marimba, Schlenck Allegro, Andante sostenuto, Allegro ma non tropo, The Earthy & Ethereal Bond, flute & cello, Wan-Ki Lee, Freely, Inquieto; Fantasy Pieces, Russo Andante Cantabile, Cantato, Allegro Cantabile; Three Songs, (Songs Without Words), Mendelssohn/Russo Andante espressivo, Andante sostenuto, Presto, John Russo, Clarinet, Lydia Ignacio, piano


New York Chamber Players Orchestra:
CD 1395 (BAR 7 89658 14952 0)

3 Variations on a Thema of Michael Levy, Giacomo Franci; Adagio in C for Orchestra Op.1b, Eric Neil Koenig; Concertino in a for Cello & Orchestra, Eric Neil Koenig; Woodwind Quintet, No.1, Howard Quilling; Fanfare & Variations for Orchestra, John Schlenck


VIRTUAL VIRTUOSITY:
CD 1496 (BAR 7 89658 14962 0)

Tre Regali La Musica (cello solo), John Russo; Recitative, Lament, Toccata, John Russo; Halling for Cello, Gregory Hall; Passacaglia for Unaccompanied Cello, John Schlenck, Misha Quint, Cello; Piano Sonata, John Schlenck, Ang Li, piano; Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, John Schlenck; John Russo, clarinet; Mirjam Ingolfsson, cello; Yekwon Sunwoo, piano


ROMANTIC CHAMBER CLARINET
CD 1897 (BAR 7 89658 18972 4)

Sonata in Bb major, Johann Baptist Wanhal; Concertino for Clar./pf. C. M. Weber Op 26 Russo, Ignacio; Fantasy-Pieces, Robert Schumann, Op 73 Ang Lee, Russo; Trio for Violin, Clarinet & Piano, John Russo; Trio for Violin, Clarinet & Piano, John Schlenck; Contrasts (Cl. Vln. Pf.) Cyrus Beroukhim, violin, John Russo, clarinet, Barbara Podgurski, Piano Etude No. 12, John Russo; Russo/Podgurski


TRIBUTE TO PIANOFORTE
CD 2098 (Bar 7 89658 20982 8)

FIVE PIANO PIECES (1950) – Peter Mennin, Lydia Walton Ignacio, piano; SONATA FOR PIANO – John Russo; STONES – Doug Davis, Jeffrey Jacob, piano; CAPRICCIO – Martin Stepper; FANTASIA IN B – Sheila Forrester; ILLUMINATIONS FROM VALIS – Randall Snyder, Mitch McKay, piano.


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  14. Receive honorary life membership-engraved autographed plaque limited edition
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