Klarinet Archive - Posting 000289.txt from 1996/07

From: Everett Austin <austine@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Complete clarinet music of Reger by Leister
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 01:41:46 -0400

Bill,
I have had that Leister Reger collection for a couple of years and find
it quite wonderful (I think I have most though not all of Leister's many
chamber
music recordings, all of which are excellent. The Reger quintet is
abeautiful piece but hard to get most string players interested in since
it requires work and familiarity to play, plus an affinity for Reger
that many seem not to have. There is an excellent Reger recording by
Eduard Brunner, who plays on Buffet clarinets, as well as a recent onf
by Mitchell Lurie.

Everett Austin
Fairfax, California

On Mon, 8 Jul 1996, Fogle, Bill wrote:

> I just purchased the 2-CD set of the complete clarinet work
> of Reger by Carl Leister. I was shopping for some of the
> things Mark Hattner mentioned in his list of Marcellus and
> Wright recordings last week (I did find a recording of Wright
> playing the Brahms sonatas and the Schumann Fantasy with
> Peter Serkin). Anyway, I'd like to hear from anybody
> about Reger (or Leister, or both). Haven't listened to much
> but the third sonata yet. In a history of woodwind instruments
> (sorry, no biblio data!) the author talks about Leister soaring over
> the Berlin orch. because of that german set-up. While I know
> most of what I purchased is chamber, still (as a French instrument
> player) I haven't heard any soaring. ---Bill Fogle.
>