Klarinet Archive - Posting 000533.txt from 1996/03

From: Fred <fsheim@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: French sound
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 17:15:49 -0500

Just out of curiosity- how would you classify Ulysse DeLacluze's sound. I
have a record of him playing the Widor and his tone is very nasal and thin
(to me). Is that correct? and is that what we mean by the "French" sound.
On the other hand, I don't like Deiter Klocker's sound either. His high G
is almost annoying. And I don't care for the silly cadenzas he puts in to
all of his recordings. I feel that they detract from the piece. Does
anyone agree or disagree?

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

>David,
> Then do you think that Bonade and Cahuzac were anomalies in France
>since their sound was darker? Also, is Karl Leister a true representative
>of the German sound? I've heard some say that his sound is more like the
>Vienna school of clarinet sound. I've heard other German players and some
>have a small nasal sound with vibrato - what I thought to be characteristic
>of the old French school.
> Were there that many German clarinetists in American Orchestras in
>the time of Bonade? What about Gino Cioffi in Boston and Bellison in NY.
>I'd have to look back in my Clarinet mags for more but those two come to
>mind. I can't offhand think of some German clarinetist in US orchestras,
>but I'm sure there were.
>
>Dan
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