Klarinet Archive - Posting 000103.txt from 2009/10

From: Tim Roberts <timr@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: Mozart, Anthony Pay and Sabine Meyer
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:31:08 -0400

On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 11:01:15 +1100, "Ian and Kate Alexander"
<blanerne1@-----.com> wrote:
> Hello all - I'm here under false pretences as it is my daughter, Christina,
> who is the mad clarinettist in this family. However I couldn't resist saying
> how happy I was to find two rare gems - on eBay! I was surfing eBay looking
> for Mozart (as one does) as I have misplaced my favourite CDs and was
> suffering withdrawal symptoms. I found 2CDs which have been played nonstop
> since they arrived: Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A maj with Anthony Pay
> playing the Basset Clarinet, and Sabine Meyer playing Mozart's Clarinet
> Quintet in A maj. (A bit confusing for the amateur, but one can't complain.)
> Both are glorious!! I love the sound of the basset clarinet.
>
> It's interesting but I can't find the dates either were recorded.
>

Although I do not own as many different recordings as some of the folks
here, Antony Pay's rendition of K.622 with Christopher Hogwood and the
Academy of Ancient Music is my favorite. I am especially fond of his
articulation choices here; which tend a bit more toward the staccato
than one commonly finds.

Amazon gives it a date of October 25, 1990.

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Tim Roberts, timr@-----.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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