Klarinet Archive - Posting 000587.txt from 1996/12

From: Fred <fsheim@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Cadenza for Rossini
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 09:52:41 -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)
>
>
I've only heard the Glazer and Stoltzman versions, but my feeling is that if
ROSSINI wanted a cadenza, he would have put it in there. It seems not to
suit the mood at that point at all. Deiter Klocker also peppers his
recordings with lengthy, out of character cadenzas, often soaring to a not
so sweet high G. It spoils the flow of the works for me. We all know how
fast and how high we can play. Mutating and/or mutilating a great musical
composition to prove that to us is not art. In my opinion...

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

P.S. I think the short cadenza in the Glazer version is fine.

   
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