Klarinet Archive - Posting 000236.txt from 2006/09

From: Wayne Thompson <wthompson222@-----.net>
Subj: [kl] Clemenza di Tito obligatto
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:39:28 -0400

List,
This discussion prompted me to get out my Cecelia
Bartoli "Mozart Arias" CD. Three arias from Tito are
there, 'Parto, Parto', 'Deh, per questo', and 'Non piu
di fiori'. Peter Schmidl plays the basset clarinet
and basset horn on the two pieces discussed here,
respectively. (Ah, to be able to play music with
Cecilia!) The program notes say that the two
obbligatos were written for Anton Stadler.

All of this leads me to this question. Does the
basset clarinet part exist in Mozart's hand for the
Parto, Parto'? I had thought that existence of
Statler's basset clarinet was not confirmed until the
researches of the 20th century. Is the basset
clarinet part I hear on this recording of 'Parto,
Parto' a reconstruction like that of K. 622? Is the
statement in these program notes, hypothesis?

Wayne Thompson

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