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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000021.txt from 2006/02

From: Stephen Kaupiko <musicman@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] RE: Ray Still/Heinz Holliger
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 05:18:20 -0500

What an interesting topic. I had the opportunity to
study with a student of Ray Still for a short while
not too long ago. On the subject of oboists to listen
to I was given a short list with Ray Still, Allan
Vogel, Alex Klein, and Gelato something or other, but
on top of that I was implicitly told NEVER to buy a CD
of Heinz Holliger with the reason being that his tone
was similar to that of a synthesizer.

In my search of oboe recordings I found I loved the
playing of many oboists regardless of where they were
from. I particularly found a lovely little piece,
Cimarosa, quite fetching and looked into the oboist a
bit. The oboist happened to be Pierre Pierlot, who I
came to find out was Holliger's teacher.

Go fig.

I did eventually get to listen to Holliger and I find
he plays quite well. I would understand why those who
prefer a dark full bodied timbre would be against it,
but it just a matter of individual taste. I'm sure
there are Holliger fans that might have some other
oboist up their sleeves to suggest to their students
as an example of really bad timbre. Holliger just
happens to be uber famous thorn towards those who
prefer darker timbre and so is a popular example.

I just like a well performed piece. My favorite
oboists sound nothing alike.

Regards,
Stephen

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