Klarinet Archive - Posting 000351.txt from 2000/01

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: [kl] Beethoven Symphonies (was: Von Karajan/Berlin Philharmonic...)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 00:10:12 -0500

on 1/10/00 12:20 AM, Gene Nibbelin wrote:

>My reason for asking is that I have been listening closely to the Beethoven
>2nd and 4th and studying the clarinet part. I don't know what dynamic
>markings that Beethoven left us, but it seems to me that the woodwinds were
>playing ppp most of the time. In some of the solo passages, I wondered if
>Herbert had them off-stage somewhere. Did he hate woodwinds?
>
(SNIP)
>
>Fortunately, I have several other sets of the Beethoven Symphonies,
>including Toscanini/NBC Orchestra live concert recordings of the early 50's.
>They are, of course mono, and not the highest of fidelity, but what
>beautiful music by the Maestro.

You might want to give the Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood recordings a
listen. They're played by forces similar to what Beethoven would have
used, and IIRC are based on the newly edited version of the Beethoven
symphonies - the one with all the i's dotted and t's crossed by eminent
musicologists ;-) Anyway, the playing is very nice, on period
instruments - I think Tony Pay plays on some (all?) of them - too lazy to
go hunt them up and look. Gives one a new view of old chestnuts.

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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