Klarinet Archive - Posting 000107.txt from 1997/04

From: Douglas Barton <DOBARTON@-----.NET>
Subj: Scaramouche
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 21:23:10 -0500

I have this recording and I don't think it is that great. I bought it
> mostly for the Scaramouche. The orchestra is too loud, the clarinet is too
> soft, and the Scaramouche starts very aburptly. It is as if some fraction
> of the first beat of the music was missing from the recording.
>
> Gary Van Cott
> Las Vegas, NV
>
> Gary_VanCott@-----.com

Doesn't Emma Johnson also perform the Scaramouche on Encores 2? It also
starts very abruptly. Is it possible that this is the way the piece is
written?
Doug Barton
St.Louis