Klarinet Archive - Posting 000445.txt from 1998/06

From: Jack Kissinger <kissingerjn@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: [kl] "Erwinn" Fantasy
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 00:30:58 -0400

Don't feel *too* bad Chuck. I quote the ENTIRE description from Ulysse
Delecluse's recording on London:

"Erwin fantaisie: This is one of the classic pieces of clarinet music.
In the hands of Ulysse Delecluse, Meister's music is shown in all its
youthfulness and spontaneity."

Maybe sometimes the music just has to speak for itself. ;^)

Best regards,
Jack Kissinger
St. Louis

CHUCK WEST wrote:

> Well . . . . I have to smile when I read David Frank's quote of my
> program note. And I'm very flattered at his comment about the
> playing, thank you Mr. Frank.
>
> However, I confess to the clarinet world that I found no information
> about this composer or the piece and, being under a time deadline,
> composed some [unfortunately superficial] description of the piece
> and sent it in for publication. John Denman used to play that piece
> a lot, and he tends to know a good bit about these old virtuoso
> "chestnuts," so maybe he would be a good resource. But my
> scholarship on this point smacks of an all-too-near deadline and all-
> too-little time, and I beg the clarinet world's forgiveness.
>
> Now on the other hand, Grayson Wagstaff's liner notes on a new CD
> just out, with Roger Drinkall and Dian Baker with the D'Indy,
> Muczynsky and Brahms trios with piano and cello are magnificent.
> It's Klavier KCD11088, and the liner notes alone are worth it, and
> it's the only CD recording in existnence of the Muczynski Fantasy
> Trio.
>
> Sorry about the Erwinn, world. I'll try harder next time (or better
> yet, quit writing my own program notes)! See you in Columbus!
>
> Chuck West
>
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