Klarinet Archive - Posting 000866.txt from 1999/09

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: Mozart 622 performance practice
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 14:05:07 -0400

After reading Dan's post on Marcellus, Smith, and the playing of KV 622, I
ask the question - was there ANY performances of the Mozart Concerto in the
70's that players improvised? Or was it just not done back then? I
certainly have never heard a recording of them doing it until the 80's. I
remember hearing a concert broadcast of Cleveland with Cohen in the mid
80's, and he improvised quite a bit to the point of almost poking fun at
the Marcellus recording (I felt). To me it seemed like if the "standard
recording" couldn't be surpassed, so the Cleveland goal was to totally
dismiss it (has anyone else heard the broadcast where he plays an arpeggio
from the last A (1st ledger line above staff) to low F - in last 3 measure
to end the Mozart Rondo?)

David Blumberg
playit@-----.com
http://www.mytempo.com

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