Klarinet Archive - Posting 000947.txt from 1998/07

From: "Mr. Sheim" <fsheim@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Par Excellance
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 10:28:55 -0400

I remember a while back on this list we bounced around Reginal Kell's
interpretation of the Saint Saens Sonata, and how he milked the emotional
power from it by playing it slower than some would have liked. I like
Kell's interpretation WAY better than a rush job. Period. If you think
it's antiquated, fine. I think we're both right.

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

At 11:25 PM 7/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Looking through the reviews of some of the recordings in the back of the
>latest issue of the Clarinet magazine, I found a CD recording called
>"Par Excellance".
>This CD contains both the Saint Saens Sonata and the Poulenc Sonata,
>each of which I am currently working on. It also contains a recording
>of Debussy's Premiere Rapsodie which I hope to start work on later this
>year. The performer is Karl Leister.
>Is this recording representative of contemporary interpretations of
>these pieces? I'd like to buy this recording to study in part some of
>the interpretations for my own performances, but I don't want to have an
>antiquated example to work off of (like that record I found of Reginald
>Kell). I know a solution would be to get a second recording but I was
>just wondering...
>Anybody know other recordings of these pieces that I might be interested
>in? Thanks for any opinions or tips you can give me, on or off the
>list.
>
>Salut!
>Mark
>markb@-----.com
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