Klarinet Archive - Posting 000125.txt from 2005/08
From: fred jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Stolzman and Copland concerto
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 13:21:15 -0400
Dan, (and all),
Sorry, I have no idea what that was! I guess we shall have to agree to disagree. I feel that Stoltzman is technically gifted but musically over-indulgent. I always get the feeling listening to him that he is in the Horowitz mold:The performer first - then the composer. He is best on the pieces like the Rossini Intro, Theme and Var. where the preformer must make the piece interesting because otherwise it will only be a set of exercises. Every time I have heard him on a piece such as the Mozart Concerto, I have been bothered by his over-phrasing and making the music be at his service rather than vice versa.
I know it is often better to say nothing rather than un-complimentary things so I repeat, THIS IS ONLY MY OPINION, NOT A DECREE! No flame wars, please! I just felt that as long as there was one opinion, there can be a differing one and I hope all will take it in that spirit.
Fred Jacobowitz
Ebony and Ivory Duo
Kol Haruach Klezmer Band
-----Original Message-----
From: dnleeson <dnleeson@-----.net>
Sent: Aug 9, 2005 12:16 PM
To: "klarinet@-----.org>
Subject: [kl] Stolzman and Copland concerto
I was watching the classic music channel on TV this morning and
ther was a performance of the slow movement of the Copland
concerto with Stolzman, the London SO, and Michael Tilson Thomas
conducting. More and more I come to realize that, for my ears,
Stolzman is still a supreme interpreter of this work and
especiallally this movement. His control is simply perfect, the
sound is exquisite, and the vibrato adds so much character to his
performance of the movement. It is just splendid playing. I'm
impressed again and again with his work.
Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net
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