Klarinet Archive - Posting 000960.txt from 2000/10

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] von Weber Concertino
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 21:13:47 -0400

At 09:13 PM 10/17/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>I just looked at my recording of the von Weber concertino, and I noticed
>that the artist is "Antony Pay" with the accompiament listed as the
>"Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment". This wouldn't happen to be the same
>Tony Pay recently lost by this list, would it? The other pieces on the CD
>are the von Weber concertos 1 and 2, and the second CD (it's a 2-CD set) are
>the 3 Crusell concertos, if any of that helps.
>--
>Will Cicola

Yes, it is. He plays on a 7 key clarinet - which is pretty impressive.

I have found some very nice Weber CDs - two of Shifrin and one of Michael
Marriner. Both, in my opinion, are far superior to the Pay recordings in
terms of interpretation, pitch, nuance, and style. However, Pay's
recording is a good version of what can be done by an artist on a
reproduced original clarinet (whatever that is exactly!!!). I certainly
wouldn't want to try to do these pieces on a 7-key clarinet - but, due to
modern engineering, I don't have to. Be sure to listen carefully to the
Weber 2nd - what Pay can do with less keys is fantastic. However, it
sounds much more even and controlled on a modern instrument - therefore, I
don't ever play the Pay version for students. The 7-key clarinet doesn't
mean that the interpretation is accurate - just that the instrument is.
That's why CDs of original instruments or even reproduced instruments are
problematic - we would rather hear perfection than an honest reproduction
of what the real guys did, and, in fact, we would like to hear the piece
realized in the perfect kind of way the composer wrote it.

The Crussel concertos are also recorded by Leister - and are very, very
good - with less problems techincally. Pitch-wise, we hear a more modern
version of centered pitch as well. No A430!!!

As an owner of an antique automobile, I really enjoy driving it. But I am
always relieved and impressed by the technology of the modern vehicles. Oh
well!

Best wishes,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, IWU Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

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