Klarinet Archive - Posting 000920.txt from 2000/06

From: alevin@-----. Levin)
Subj: Re: [kl] Other recordings of Mozart concerto
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 15:04:46 -0400

The Brymer version was released on Decca 40 years ago; but I'm told that it
was re-released on CD. I grew up with it and still own the lp; but I heard
the re-release on CBC radio a couple of years ago.

At 11:41 AM 6/22/00 EDT, you wrote:
>Bill Wright wrote,
>> I have a Stoltzman recording of Mozart's concerto (K622), and I'd
>>like to buy someone else's recording who has a different interpretation.
>
>I like other people's suggestions. See if you can find Jack Brymer, too.
>This is a terrific piece to collect to compare different musicians, IMHO,
>since the clarinet concerto repertory is so limited that just about all the
>major clarinetists (and a lot of non-major ones) record the Mozart. (I
think
>they're required to record it by a certain age or else the Clarinet Cops
come
>and drag them off to Muzak Detention, where they have to listen to nothing
>but Britney Spears and Kenny G over the loudspeakers, 24/7.)
>
>There aren't a lot of *bad* performances of the Mozart to get stuck with, so
>you're pretty safe, no matter what you buy. I think that's because it's so
>hard for a pro clarinetist to beat out the competition for the few
>decent-paying first chair jobs that lead to the solo recording contracts
that
>only top-notch players make it that far. Major recording labels aren't
>exactly clamoring to sign more and more clarinetists. There's no room for
>the mediocre ones. With a bit of prowling for both new and used recordings,
>you could easily end up with a couple of dozen excellent performances.
>
>Can anybody think of a truly *atrocious* recording of the Mozart? I can't.
>I'm not talking about questionable interpretations of the music -- there are
>a bunch of those, sure -- but I mean a recording that's technically
>incompetent. You're pretty much guaranteed to find a real clarinetist
>making real music on any CD of the Mozart concerto, not some jailbait babe
or
>hunk who's dumb as a doorknob and can't play a lick, but looks hot-'n'-juicy
>on the jacket. I could name a dozen ear-twisting violin concerto recordings
>or performances, yet I don't think I've ever heard even one pro clarinet
>recording that sounded as if this person had no business playing in public.
>
>Lelia
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>Why is "abbreviation" such a long word?
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