Klarinet Archive - Posting 000782.txt from 2003/05

From: "Resurgere Jones" <resurgereweb@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stoltzman/operatic arias
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 15:53:01 -0400

<ohboyi'mgettingflamedforsure>
>
>Stoltzman does sing with his clarinet, as much as that is possible. I
>think
>that's why there is so much debate about his playing...he sounds so
>different
>from so many clarinetists, in my opinion because of the way he uses his
>air,
>and the many tone colors he is willing to try. You may not like that in the
>Mozart Concerto, but in vocal music, it is necessary. And it gives him the
>ability to play in the altissimo register beautifully...just listen to the
>end of
>"Summertime", where he interpolates 'it ain't necessarily so' WAY up there,
>and
>it just floats and shimmers...fabulous! I love this so much, I now add it
>on
>when I sing 'Summertime', and I try to emulate his clarinet sound with my
>voice! :-)

There is a lot of debate about his playing because:

-- he's popular. We clarinetists hate that.
-- he *doesn't* play like a robot. Given that some of us are still wondering
if vibrato is okay, it's no wonder that many feel he is committing one
heresy after another. His style might not be suited to being a section
player in an orchestra, but that's not his job.

</ohboyi'mgettingflamedforsure>

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