Klarinet Archive - Posting 000557.txt from 1996/03

From: thehat@-----.ORG
Subj: Dieter Klocker
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 18:09:02 -0500

In a message dated 03-20-96 INTERNET: fsheim@-----.COM wrote to ** ALL **:
If> Just out of curiosity- how would you classify Ulysse DeLacluze's
If> sound. I have a record of him playing the Widor and his tone is very
If> nasal and thin (to me). Is that correct? and is that what we mean by
If> the "French" sound. On the other hand, I don't like Deiter Klocker's
If> sound either. His high G is almost annoying. And I don't care for
If> the silly cadenzas he puts in to all of his recordings. I feel that
If> they detract from the piece. Does anyone agree or disagree?

I don't have many Klocker recordings, but my understanding is that he does a
lot with period instruments. This may be what you're hearing as a strange
sound?

I do have one quite old recording of Klocker playing the Hindemith Quintet
with string quartet. His sound is very beautiful to me on this, very mellow
and smooth. His later recordings (the ones I have heard) do not sound
anything like this, regardless of the instrument he plays.
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