Klarinet Archive - Posting 000040.txt from 2004/05

From: "Matthew Lloyd" <Matthew@-----.uk>
Subj: [kl] De Peyer
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 06:28:47 -0400

David wrote:

> Like Matthew, I like DePeyer's recording of the Mozart Concerto, made
> with London Symphony(?) conducted by Peter Maag. Especially in the
last
> movement, his playing imparts a dance-like feeling that is missing in
> most other recordings. Since the Basset Clarinet version of the
concerto
> only became widely known to performers in the late 1960's, the fact
that
> DePeyer's recording uses a regular A clarinet can't really be held
> against him, IMO. When I'm recommending recordings to students
studying
> the Mozart Concerto, this is one of the recordings I suggest.

> DePeyer's recordings with the Melos Ensemble opened my eyes as a young

> American player to the possibility that 1.) there was more than one
sound
> ("the one true sound") that could be gotten from a clarinet in playing

> classical music, and 2.) that blend and balance with string and other
> wind players was musically desirable and possible, if one was willing
to
> be flexible about one's sound. For me it was a valuable lesson at an
> impressionable age.

I also have a great deal of respect for the Melos recording of the
Clarinet Quintet, but would counsel you to listen to the recording with
the Amadeus Quartet. This (which incidentally was the last CD that my
father gave before he died last year) is something again.

There is - to me - an inner truth about his recordings which set him
aside from other players. I am not saying that his is the only way - nor
that it is the best - but merely that it is one that most on this list
can learn from - even if ultimately they decide to reject the approach.

Matthew

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