Klarinet Archive - Posting 000321.txt from 2005/11

From: "dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] K. 622
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:04:10 -0500

Jim, I am pleased that you report a performance of 622 in a way
that completely fresh to you. That is the way it is supposed to
be every time you hear it. But what I earnestly hope you did not
hear, what, if you did hear it, would be a grave error on the
part of the soloist, are "cadenzas in the 2nd movement, plus a
couple of other short cadenzas in the 1st and 3rd movements."
There are no cadenzas in the Mozart concerto. There never have
been, and unless someone goes completely batty, there never will
be.

It is evidence that the very best clarinet players are unaware of
the names and purpose of important structural elements of a
concerto, calling something that is not a cadenza, a cadenza. And
it is a great deal more than nomenclature. If Meyer really did
make cadenzas in all three movements, it would be a reason to
consider her something far less than she really is, namely a
great player with broad knowledge of how to play a classical
concerto.

Dan Leeson
DNLeeson@-----.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Lytthans [mailto:lytthans@-----.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 2:32 PM
To: Klarinet List (Mail)
Subject: [kl] K. 622

Dan Leeson wrote:
<I no longer buy recordings of K. 622, because I've heard that
piece before.
I
want someone to play it in a way in which I have not heard it
before.>

I just received the recent (1999) EMI CD of Sabine Meyer doing
the Mozart
with Claudio Abbado and the Berliner Philharmoniker. Her use of
ornamentation is very tasteful, and she adds her own (I think)
cadenza in
the 2nd movement, plus a couple of other short cadenzas in the
1st and 3rd
movements. As with her other recordings, Meyer has the great
ability to
bend arpeggios and scales, within the measure. Her incredible
technique and
articulation doesn't hurt, either! All in all, a new approach to
K. 622.
She uses a Wurlitzer Basset clarinet, BTW. What a wonderful
sound!

On the CD are two other selection: (1) a gorgeous Debussy
"Rhapsodie", done
effectively on a German System clarinet (it can be done,
Michele!), and (2)
the Takaemitsu "Fantasma/Cantos". The EMI catalogue number is
7243 5 56832 2
9.

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Jim Lytthans
Anaheim, CA

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