Klarinet Archive - Posting 000093.txt from 2009/10
From: Diego Casadei <casadei.diego@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Lorenzo Coppola plays K. 622
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:26:48 -0400
And what about the staccato? Do you consider it more philological than
playing legato most fast passages? Why not to play the full
introduction too? It is written on the clarinet part, and years ago I
listened to a Russian player (forgot the name, sorry) who played
_everything_ and mostly staccato...
BTW, I'm impressed by the ability of the people who can play with poorly
instrumented clarinets (almost no mechanics!): their technique is
magnificent and their intonation is incredible :-) Great Coppola!
Cheers,
Diego
Dan Leeson wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja8mbwpAZwU&feature=related
>
> The performance is interesting because of five respects. First, the
> orchestra is entirely original instruments (or else contemporary copies
> of same) including 18th century bows; second, the pitch of the
> performance is considerably lower than that to which I am accustomed
> (though I am not critical of this aspect of the performance); third, the
> basset clarinet used appears to be an accurate copy of the one owned by
> Stadler himself, which is concluded from the fact that the bell is at a
> right angle to the body of the instrument and with a very primitive
> arrangement of holes and only a few keys , just as was shown on a
> lithograph of Stadler's instrument in a program done in one of the
> Balkan countries at the time he played a performance of K. 622.; fourth,
> the character of the clarinet's sound is measurably more stuffy and
> contained than I am used to (though not unpleasant); and fifth, the
> brunette playing the flute is gorgeous.
>
> Can anyone tell me something about the soloist, Coppola?
>
> Dan Leeson
> dnleeson@-----.net
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