Klarinet Archive - Posting 000568.txt from 1996/12

From: Donald Yungkurth <DYungkurth@-----.com>
Subj: Cadenza for Rossini
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 17:18:42 -0500

Nathaniel F Johnson asked about a cadenza and recording example for the
Rossini Introduction, Theme, and Variations. Jacqueline Eastwood suggested
Richard Stoltzman with the Mostly Mozart Orchestra, but didn't have the CD
identification.

It is interesting that my music for this work (Oxford U. Press, edited by
David Glazer) doesn't call for a cadenza. There is a written-in, 3-octave
chromatic from low G to high G in the 7th bar from the end, where Stoltzman
inserts his cadenza. This is on RCA Victor CD 60035-2-RG, and I would agree
with Jacqueline's comments.

Another version is that of Charles Neidich on Deutsche Grammophon 435 875-2.
His cadenza is much longer and uses circular breathing and double tongueing,
is probably out of character for the work, but is marvelous playing. It
always struck me that he had heard Stoltzman's uncalled for cadenza and was
playing, "Can you top this?".

I'm actually pleased to have both versions.

Don Yungkurth (DYungkurth@-----.com)