Klarinet Archive - Posting 000110.txt from 1997/04

From: Gary Van Cott <Gary_VanCott@-----.COM>
Subj: Scaramouche
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 23:43:01 -0500

Gary VanCott = NHIN
04/03/97 08:49 PM

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
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I have the music for Scaramouche and it does go right from the
beginning. It may be that the clarinet is just too soft in the
beginning to establish itself.

I have a saxophone recording of Scaramouche that is outstanding in all
respects.

Gary
Las Vegas, NV