Klarinet Archive - Posting 000165.txt from 1996/07

From: "Fogle, Bill" <bill.fogle@-----.COM>
Subj: Bashing Brahms (was Re: Finzi Bagatelles)
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 13:45:55 -0400

Mr. Cadenza wrote about the Finzi bagatelles:

>Yes they are geat pieces. I don't think I've ever played music that is so
>well written for the combination of CL and piano. Too bad Brahms didn't
>understand how to balance those instruments.

I'd like to hear more specifically about what you mean re: the Brahms.
I just got Harold Wright/Peter Serkin doing the two sonatas. Although
I believe the music to be almost perfect, I find the two instruments,
when doing these pieces, hard to listen to. Is that what you mean?
The music, the parts, are gorgeous. But I feel like a battle is being
waged. I don't that way about the quintet. Would enjoy hearing
your thoughts. ----Bill Fogle.