Klarinet Archive - Posting 000472.txt from 2000/05

From: tjvm@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Bass Clarinet CDs (was [kl] Hi)
Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 10:57:16 -0400

sorry about that... I tend to freak out whenever I hear "the C word"!
Especially when it is applied to music that I like... I guess I'll have
to get over that.

tjvm

On Sun, 7 May 2000 22:46:42 -0700 "Benjamin Maas"
<benmaas@-----.com> writes:
>
>> Hello..... Messiaen was FRENCH!!!!!! and... he really wasn't all
>that
>> conservative... I'm sure it's a great disc, but we may all be
>more
>> tempted to give it a listen if you would describe it more fairly.
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> tjvm
>>
>>
>
>Compared to the Lowenstern recording that was being discussed,
>Messiaen is
>very conservative. The Abyss of the Birds is standard literature.
>Heck, by
>now it is over 50 years old. In new music terms (what I had been
>mentioning
>in an earlier post), that is old. Every other piece on the disc is
>pretty
>standard in its sound. The Schoeck sonata sounds like Hindmith.
>
>I think this is a pretty fair description of the CD. I am not saying
>it is
>bad playing (quite the opposite, actually). Renate Rusche has a
>beautiful,
>full, sound and plays with a great degree of feeling and musicality.
>The
>repertoire is pretty conservative, however.
>
>My use of the term is because there is nothing terribly
>ground-breaking
>about the techniques used in performance. Whereas Lowenstern is
>continually
>experimenting with sound, timbre, texture, and tonality, this CD does
>not.
>It is good, basic, straight-ahead great playing.
>
>--Ben
>
>Benjamin Maas
>Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
>Los Angeles, CA
>benmaas@-----.com
>http://www.fifthcircle.com
>
>
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