Klarinet Archive - Posting 001010.txt from 1999/09

From: "Daniel A. Paprocki" <danbascl@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Definitive recordings
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:59:11 -0400

Mario,
I still haven't heard a recording as good as the Reiner & Chicago
recording of the Bartok Concerto for Orchestra. Also the R. Strauss pieces
by Reiner and the CSO are as good or better than anything out today.

Dan
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Daniel A. Paprocki
Instructor of Clarinet & Saxophone
Angelo State University
San Angelo, Texas

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>From: KlarBoy@-----.com
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: [kl] re: 2025 Mozart
>Date: Tue, Sep 28, 1999, 3:44 PM
>

> Leeson said:
> <I have an old recording of Beethoven 5 done by Toscannini and the NBC
> around 1943 or so. And not only is the sound (which sounded wonderful
> to me then) awkward and fuzzy, the whole style of playing appears to
> be old-fashioned and fuddy-duddy.>
>
> I believe that certain artist are more in tune with their own times, and
> hence are more "dated" by their interpretations, while other artists are
> better able to transcend their times and give us something great and lasting.
> While hypothetically discussing whether the Marcellus recording will remain
> in the catalogue one should look at the entire archive of George Szell's
> recordings. At least for me, many of his recordings of certain composers
> (Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Smetana, and of course Dvorak) almost define the
> term "definitive recording." The brilliance of his legendary ensemble is not
> often matched by todays leading groups. The precision they achieved is and
> will remain a lasting legacy. Will his recordings still be issued in 2025?
> I believe so, not all of them, but several will, including I think, the
> clarinet concerto recording.
>
> While I'm rambling, here's a few others that I'm sure will be around:
> Tosca 1953 Maria Callas, Guiseppe Di Stefano. La Scala Conducted by
> Victor de Sabata. (This the greatest recording of Puccini's masterpiece
> won't be the only Callas recording available in 2025, of this I'm certain)
> Goldberg Variations 1955 Glenn Gould. (This recording of the 19 year old
> Gould playing Bach ON THE PIANO, has never left the recorded catalogue)
> George Szell's Beethoven symphonies, Brahms Symphonies, Beethoven piano
> concerti with Leon Fleisher, Mozart Symphonies (the late ones) and piano
> concerti with Robert Cassadesus. While these recordings do not often reflect
> the current scholarship of period performance practice (especially the Mozart
> works) they have a virtuosity that gives them such amazing clarity and
> brilliance that I will never tire of listening to them. At this point I must
> admit that personally, I do not hold the Marcellus recording in as high an
> esteem as some of George Szell's other collaborations, but recognize that
> others might.
>
> Just my $.02
> Mario Estrada
>
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