Klarinet Archive - Posting 000368.txt from 2009/02

From: "Michael Bryant (TT)" <michaelbryant@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Weingartner and Kahn Quintets
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:42:27 -0500

Hitherto there is no known recording of the Robert Kahn Quintet. I supplied
the music of his Trio op 45 (cl vc pf) to players in Spain, where they
recorded it privately. His Serenade op 73 has been recorded in Germany (cl
vc pf) and in the UK (ob hn pf). The Kahn Trio is a good match for the
Fruhling. A copy of the Weingartner CD (no phantom) was given by Kazuko
Ninomiya to Pamela Weston a decade ago. I'd entirely agree that it would be
almost impossible for me to find, since I am unable to search the Internet
in Japanese (Kanji, Hiragana or Katakana) and would not have thought of
doing so. Would you like to hear it?
Other works for cl vn va vc pf, include Schmidt (2) several recordings,
Theodore Dubois, for oboe with clarinet alternative in the edition at
Eastman-Rochester, recorded with oboe in Canada, Josef Labor recorded in
USA, Peter Con (Slovakia, copy in Arizona State University Library) not
recorded. Anton Eberl's attractive Quintet (cl 2va vc pf) has been recorded
in Germany and richly reserves a modern edition. He wrote a second quintet
for oboe, strings and piano.
Leading the group of quintets with clarinet and horn, you have Fibich,
several recordings, and I have sometimes played it with viola in place of
horn, the viola part is in the Supraphon edition, followed by Goedike
(Russian) and Baussnern (Romanian/German), neither recorded, and an early
work by Dunhill (recorded in UK). The Trio by Baussnern (cl vn pf) is
another forgotten gem. Using the IMC edition #945 of Mozart's K 452 for 2vn
va vc pf, it is possible to re-instate the clarinet, using the original
clarinet part in the second violin position, with minor adjustments where
the editor has switched parts round. This is just a starting point.
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Simon Aldrich wrote on February 19, 2009 12:51 AM
Subject: [kl] Weingartner and Kahn Quintets

> In fruitful off-list correspondence regarding the Felix Weingartner
> Quintet (Op. 50 for clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano)
> it was pointed out that I should remind the list that the five parts
> for this piece are available for download (free) from Eastman's Sibley
> Music Library:
> https://urresearch.rochester.edu/handle/1802/291/browse-author
> a "long-term, digital repository for the management, dissemination and
> stewardship of digital materials".
>
> Luckily for chamber music aficionados, some organizations are
> digitizing (scanning and putting up on the internet) out-of-print
> chamber music (such as the Weingartner).
> Other excellent sites, aside from Eastman's, are:
> http://www.clarinetinstitute.com/CI%20Chamber.htm
> http://www.mutopiaproject.org/
> http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
> http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/cgi/b/bib/bib-idx?&g=sheetmusic&c=starr&c=devincent&xc=1&tpl=authorbrowse&sid=8fe5384bec5c85a90e1513bad3cd33d9
> and for Mozart:
> http://nma.redhost24-001.com/DME/nma/start.php?l=2
>
> Does anyone know if there exists a recording of the Robert Kahn
> Quintet in C minor Op. 54 for cl, vln, hn (or vla), vcl and piano?
> I do not know of a database or site that lists in-print (or out-of-
> print) recordings?
> For example, Michael B, how did you know that there is an out-of-print
> cd of the Weingartner Quintet (Fontec, FOCD 20008 (1997))?
> I have spent hours scouring the internet for a recording of the
> Weingartner.
> Even armed with your information (catalogue number) I still find no
> mention of the recording anywhere on the internet (granted I am doing
> ham-fisted google searches).
> I am clearly not looking in the right places!!
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Simon Aldrich
>
> Clarinet Faculty - McGill University
> Principal Clarinet - Orchestre Metropolitain de Montreal
> Principal Clarinet - Orchestre de l'Opera de Montreal
> Artistic Director - Jeffery Summer Concerts
> Clarinet - Nouvel Ensemble Moderne
>
>
>
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