Klarinet Archive - Posting 000483.txt from 1997/08

From: "Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu>
Subj: W. G. Grabner's comments on Stolzmann's recital
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 20:57:39 -0400

Personally, I question the value of one person's subjective opinion
on the playing of another individual, though this one was a fine
and intelligent piece of writing. I enjoyed reading it. I don't
know what these things do except to tell everyone how the writer
feels about something, but I think that there is probably some value
in that as well. The bottom line, is that a person saying that
Stolzmann played well or badly, is not useful information, at least
not generally.

I am curious about one sentence at the end, one that suggested that
Stolzmann's vibrato was very satisfactory under the circumstances
of the Berstein sonata. I doubt if the writer meant much more than
what he said, but it does open the possibility that Stolzmann's
vibrato would not receive such a positive reaction had he been
performing, for example, the Mozart quintet, K. 581. Do I read
that right or am I stirring a pot that doesn't need stirring?

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Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
leeson@-----.edu
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