Klarinet Archive - Posting 000702.txt from 2001/03

From: "Antoine T. Clark" <antoine@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Pleyel clarinet concerto?
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 00:06:20 -0500

Yes I believe you heard the announcement correctly. I have the CD. He is
playing two concertos by Pleyel and The Danzi Sinfonia Concertante with
Jean-Pierre Rampal on the recording. This CD is one of my favorites. The
program notes mention that these concertos were not originally for clarinet.
The one in Bb flat major is believed to be an arrangement of a cello
concerto. However, it has been arranged for other instruments including the
piano. One editor believes that the piece was written for Joseph Beer or
Franz Tausch. The other in C major was written for flute, clarinet or cello,
at least the early editions of the work say that. However, it is believed
that it was originally written for clarinet. Well regardless of what
instrument they were written for I love these concertos especially the one
in Bb major. Meyer makes the technical difficulty in these works seem
effortless. As for the clarinet that Meyer is playing on, I believe it is
anything but a period instrument. The cover has him holding a buffet.
Besides I don't think it sounds like a period instrument. This a recording
worth buying in my opinion.

Antoine Clark
University of Cincinnati
College Conservatory of Music

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Leupold" <leupold_1@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Pleyel clarinet concerto?

> Sick as a dog on a Sunday night, desperately trying to catch
> up on a backlog of c-r-a-p at work. Having the office to my-
> self, I'm listening to a classical music station broadcasting
> out of Hamburg, Germany (Klassik Radio, it's called). Couldn't
> figure out for the entire performance who the artist was that
> I just heard, which was surprising b/c I can usually identify
> players very quickly. Sounded like Dieter Kloecker's tone,
> but much more musical than I've ever heard Dieter play. I
> never would have guessed...Paul Meyer, nor that it was a
> concerto by Pleyel. Did I understand the announcer cor-
> rectly? Anybody ever heard or performed the Pleyel? What
> a delightful concerto. And I wonder what Meyer was playing
> on when he performed it ~ surely not an RC Prestige. Maybe
> even a period instrument? I'm curious.
>
> ~ Neil
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