Klarinet Archive - Posting 000327.txt from 2008/11

From: "Dan Leeson" <dnleeson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mitchell Lurie
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:15:50 -0500

Good to see your post, Forest. Figaro is a heartbreaking thing for clarinet
players because there is so little to play, though when one does play, it's
the choicest of music. I think the first clarinet part is some 6-8 pages,
while the other winds have books of 20-25 pages.

According to Dexter Edge, whose dissertation was on Mozart's Vienna
copyists, when a second production was of Figaro was made in 1787, Mozart
revised portions of the opera, even adding an aria with two spectacular
basset horn parts. It's rarely heard but it's magnificent. The title is
"Al desio" and it is sung by Suzanna.

Here is a performance from Youtube (voice only):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Hshwi9wVY

And here is another live from a performance at the Met in NY (voice and
pictures):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ1RFT531Sw&feature=related

But Edge also told me that in the 1787 second mounting of the opera, the
aria where Cherubino i is sent off to the wars was rearranged (by Mozart?)
in which the clarinet parts were replaced by basset horns.

See! Your note about Figaro got me wandering.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.com>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 8:28 AM
Subject: RE: [kl] Mitchell Lurie

> Cheryl
>
> Good to see you post. We just finished a run of Mozart's Figaro at the
> opera. What a bassoon part. I've never heard Kathleen perform better! She
> was (and is always) incredible.
>
> Forest
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Cheryl Cifelli [mailto:Cifelli-c@-----.EDU]
>> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 11:43 PM
>> To: klarinet@-----.org
>> Subject: RE: [kl] Mitchell Lurie
>>
>> This is very true. My bassoon teacher was Kathleen Reynolds and she came
>> back after that recording and raved about how effortless he made it all
>> sound. She also had her son, who was maybe 6 at the time, show me the
>> present that "Mitchell gave you." I was a first year masters student and
>> I still remember thinking that her little boy got to spend that kind of
>> time with Mitchell Lurie! I was completely jealous!!
>>
>> >>> "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.com> 11/26/08 10:57 AM >>>
>> Ben
>>
>> More about that recording....
>>
>> The Reynolds family had a long standing relationship with Mitchell.
>> Michael
>> Reynolds is the cellist with Muir....Kathleen Reynolds is principle
>> bassoonist in the Dallas opera orchestra and is the Professor of bassoon
>> at
>> UNT and Terry Reynolds plays 4th horn in the opera orchestra and is an
>> adjunct professor at UNT. Terry and I were roommates at North Texas many
>> years ago. The Reynolds family talked Mitchell into doing this recording
>> and
>> it's good for us they did....
>>
>> Michael Reynolds founded and owns EcoClassics. All proceeds from
>> EcoClassic
>> recordings go to the benefit of "nature"....a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit.
>>
>> Forest
>>
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Benjamin Maas [mailto:benmaas@-----.com]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:49 AM
>> > To: klarinet@-----.org
>> > Subject: RE: [kl] Mitchell Lurie
>> >
>> > IMO, this is one of the great recordings of the Brahms Quintet.
>> >
>> > About a year ago, I was talking with the woman who recorded and
>> > produced
>> > the
>> > album (Judy Sherman- one of the great classical producers out there).
>> Out
>> > of the hundreds of albums she has worked on, this was one that stuck
>> out.
>> > She told me that there was easily another 2-3 albums worth of beautiful
>> > takes that were "left on the cutting room floor" when it came to the
>> > editing. Basically, there wasn't anything on the session that wasn't
>> > of
>> > the
>> > highest quality. What stuck out to her was not the just the good stuff
>> > that
>> > made the album, but the good playing that *didn't* make the album.
>> >
>> > --Ben
>> >
>> > Benjamin Maas
>> > Fifth Circle Audio
>> > Long Beach, CA
>> > http://www.fifthcircle.com
>> >
>> >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Forest Aten
>> > > Subject: RE: [kl] Mitchell Lurie
>> > >
>> > > A great loss.....
>> > >
>> > > One of his last professional recordings was with the Muir
>> > > Quartet...he performed the Mozart and Brahms quintets. An
>> > > excellent recording!
>> > >
>> > > Beautiful playing all around.
>> > >
>> > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001C2TWOU?ie=UTF8&parent=B001C37Y9E
>> > >
>> > > EcoClassics (label)
>> > > P.O. Box 6834
>> > > Holliston, Massachusetts 10746
>> > >
>> > > Forest
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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