Klarinet Archive - Posting 000239.txt from 2006/08

From: John Dablin <jdablin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] $650 mouthpieces???
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:56:49 -0400

On Saturday 19 Aug 2006 20:20, dnleeson wrote:
> At the bottom of Bryan's message is a link to his website, and
> which contains some clips of his playing. I listened to the
> Mozart quintet and the Copland Concerto. Very nice stuff even if
> it is played on a mouthpiece that doesn't cost $650. The link is
> below.
>
> Dan Leeson
> DNLeeson@-----.net
>
> www.whosthatguy.com

Thank you, Dan, for pointing this out. I've only listened to the
Copland, but I found it a revelation. I'm mostly familiar with this
concerto from Benny Goodman's recording, but Bryan's performance made
me realise that Goodman seemed to miss much of the humour in the second
movement. I have heard other performances, but they're often coldly
clinical compared even to Goodman.

It set off a train of thought, if not an original one. Are modern
performers so obsessed with being note perfect for the recording
industry that they lose all spontaneity? Do we need to look to second
line performers (sorry Bryan) to find real musical insights?

What a pity that the two clips on Bryan's website miss out most of the
cadenza.

John Dablin
Aylesbury UK

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