Klarinet Archive - Posting 000145.txt from 1994/08

From: "Robert Marcus,,Md." <robert.marcus@-----.EDU>
Subj: Mozart clarinet concerto
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 17:52:01 -0400

I have the opportunity to play the Mozart concerto with an
orchestra, and would like to hear some opinions re. authenticity. It
is remarkable how much variability there is in articulation among
recorded performances. Compare, for example, Karl Leister's
absolutely fluid, almost completely legato recording with Marriner
to the classic Marcellus/Szell performance. There is also no
uniformity re. trilling from top or bottom, or, which would be
predictable, the presence or nature of small cadenzas. More
troublesome is a systematic difference in NOTES, in which the
Leister performance is unique. It is difficult to write this
without a staff and 5 lines, but bear with me. Here goes:

First movement, a set of 16th notes: G #F A G B A G #F E #D #F E
G....E# #F E G #F E D C B D C E....you will all recognize that
passage.....BUT, LEISTER (and the orchestra) PLAY IT CONSISTENTLY AS
FOLLOWS: G #F A G B A G #F E #D #F E G...E #D #F E G F(natural) E D
C B D C E....he plays the natural instead of the sharp each time
this phrase is repeated....has anybody heard it this way before?
Who can add something about authenticity here? Where's Dan Gleeson
when we need him.....thanks.

Robert.Marcus@-----.edu

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