Klarinet Archive - Posting 000217.txt from 2007/02

From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?sarah=20elbaz?=" <sarah@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Kell
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:21:25 -0500


> -------Original Message-------
> From: Tony Pay <tony.p@-----.org>
> Subject: Re: [kl] Kell
> Sent: 24 Feb '07 09:17
>
> On 2/22/07, dnleeson <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:
>
> > Exactly what did you interpret the word "Romantic" to mean when
> > Kell was criticized for having been "overly Romantic"?  That is
> > the kind of meaningless criticism in which empty words come out
> > sounding very smart.
>
> Well, it may have been less meaningful when uttered by the person who
> said it, but I spend quite a proportion of my time -- for example, an
> hour or so with a student yesterday (the piece in question was
> Kovacs's Hommage a Weber) -- explaining the difference between the
> Romantic and Classical styles of playing music.  I don't find it at
> all surprising that Kell's Mozart was characterised as 'Romantic'.
>
> Of course, to be useful, you need to give chapter and verse, and one
> of my purposes in writing a review of the Kell set would be to be more
> specific.
>
> But I have to say I'm going off the idea rather; too many people here
> seem inclined either to say that Kell was 'a musical genius', or that
> he was rubbish.

Tony,
Of course you should write the review! The idea of listening to Kell's recordings through your experienced
glasses is wonderful. It will have great value for clarinet players and will be a nice tribute to you childhood hero.
(think about all the young clarinet players who admire you for teaching them how to play the clarinet, dance
or cut sausage....:-D )
Sarah

>
> The truth is that he was an undoubtedly talented player with certain
> preoccupations, some of which one might want to emulate and some of
> which one might want to reject.
>
> We can't deal with his entire career, because that's no longer
> available apart from anecdotally; but we could discuss this boxed set.
>
> Or not.
>
> Tony
>
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