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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000073.txt from 2006/05

From: "Wai Kit Leung" <wkleung11@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] Mozart Oboe quartet
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 17:19:43 -0400

That is an interesting comment. I indeed had (and just recently sold)
Gomberg's recording on CD. I too found the performance sloppy. I guess I
am just used to a very metric approach to Mozart.

My personal favourite version of the K370 is by Maurice Bourgue from the
early 1970s on EMI. Amazing stuff. By the way, Hans Kamesch's recording
can be found on Japanese Westminster.

Sincerely,
Wai Kit Leung

>
>Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 15:40:16 -0400
>To: doublereed@-----.org
>From: philfrei@-----.com
>Subject: [DR-L] Mozart Oboe quartet
>Message-Id: <8C84CB7D9CD6865-E1C-EC@-----.com>
>
>This reminds me of the time, 30 years ago, when I lent my LP of Gomberg=20
>playing Britten Metamorphosis, Phantasy Quartet and Mozart Quartet to a=20
>math professor at my High School who was a big Mozart fan. I was=20
>curious what he would think of the Britten, but all I got was a=20
>10-minute tirade about how all the players should be lined up and shot=20
>for the "sloppiness" in their execution of the Mozart. He was quite=20
>passionate on the subject, and it made a big, cautionary impression on=20
>me. I confess, I enjoyed the Mozart interpretation, but I always think=20
>of this fellow when I get a Mozart part to play and try to keep it=20
>"clean" for his sake.
>
>I never did hear what he thought of the Britten. Those pieces and that=20
>performance were a great inspiration for me.
>
>- Phil Freihofner
>

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