Klarinet Archive - Posting 000182.txt from 1996/06

From: Cathleen Renee Orr <orrcathl@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Finzi Bagatelles (fwd)
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 23:44:53 -0400

> To: Multiple recipients of list KLARINET <KLARINET@-----.BITNET>
>
> Richard Stoltzman has recorded them with orchestra on RCA CD 60437-RC. They
> are wonderful pieces. I liked them from the start also.

Well, Fred likes it, but I don't much care for Stoltzman's recording. Too much
vibrato made the second movement-which is so beautifully clarinet to me- sound
like a soprano sax... ugh! But then again, it IS a matter of opinion. I will
vbe on the lookout for another recording. I played the Bagatelles for my jury
exam this past spring. Spent about 9 weeks concentrating on the fifth movement:
a challenge I didn't think I could meet and one my professor wanted me to try
very badly. I was pleasantly surprised and he was too with the results. Guess
he knew all along that I could do it, but wanted me to prove it to myself. What
a piece! I love the Finzi Five.

-Cathleen
orrcathl@-----.edu
Michigan State University