Klarinet Archive - Posting 001426.txt from 1998/03

From: Michael Kolos <makolos@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: Sabine Meyer and "A Night at the Opera"
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 23:24:29 -0500

I have had this CD for some time, and have to agree. It contains some of
the best playing I have heard. I can listen to it over and over and never
cease to be amazed by the dazzling playing. I highly recommend the
recording as well.
One part that really impressed me was a section in the ci darem la mano
variations *I think*, but it consisted of some large leaps up to a common
high note in rapid succession. It was really well done.

Michael Kolos

Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu wrote:

> I don't buy many records because I listen to them once and then
> rarely again. But I happened to be in a record store and they had
> a big section of clarinet soloists so I was poking around it it
> can came across a recording of Meyer playing a variety of works,
> several of them with no operatic connections whatsoever, under
> the generic title "A Night at the Opera."
>
> Very, very impressive!
>
> The recording contains:
>
> 1. Rigoletto fantasy
> 2. Dies Bildnis aria from Magic Flute
> 3. Danzi's variations on La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni
> 4. Weber's Leise, leise from Freischutz
> 5. Weber's Op 33 theme and variations
> 6. Rossini's Una voce poco fa from Barber of Seville
> 7. Rossini's Into, Theme, and Variations
>
> Orchestral accompaniment by the Zurich opera orchestra conducted
> by Franz Welser-Most.
>
> She certainly plays magnificently.
>
> =======================================
> Dan Leeson, Los Altos, California
> Rosanne Leeson, Los Altos, California
> leeson@-----.edu
> =======================================