Klarinet Archive - Posting 000370.txt from 1998/08

From: hutchill@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] Haydn Clarinet Concerti
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 00:45:00 -0400

>From Ed Maurey:

>For years I've listened to Dieter Kloeker recordings on the radio. [I've
>never been the slightest tempted to buy one.] His playing seemed to embody
>the worst of the German School.

Well that depends on what you perceive "the" German School to be. Try
listening for the musical imagination (OK some recordings are better than
others) the willingness to articulate, and the exacting standards of the
ensembles he has directed.

Add to that the enormous work he has done in rer-dicovering music of the
past. Not all the discoveries are masterpieces, but just try and imagine the
sheer quantities of music that one has to trawl through to find them. As to
his tone and technique- Kloecker is virtually alone on preserving some of
the characteristics of german playing from earlier this century.NOT Leister,
NOT Sabine et al. (wonderful thuogh they may be)

More from Ed Maurey:

>Now I see he's doing the Kreisler thing. Good show, Dieter! It's tough to
>make a buck as a clarinetist, especially if you're a crummy one!!

This whole insinuation is disgusting. All the music Klocker has recorded is
genuine. Those of you that know him would certainly realise that he doe not
compose these pieces. At times his attributions may be a little over
enthusiastic, at others one may question their musical worth.

As to his merits as a clarinettist - Klocker may be out of fashion, but I
believe it was a tough contest between him and Leister for the top job in
Berlin.

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