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Author: Chris Ondaatje
Date: 2001-01-26 11:17
Hello everyone,
I enjoy listening to a variety of Clarinet players. In each performance I will enjoy some aspects and not enjoy others. Sometimes a performance is so good that I can't imagine how it could be improved. Here is my list of such performances. If you know others that you feel are better, or if you simply want to vent your outrage at my choices...feel free to respond.
Mozart Clarinet Concerto:Robert Marcellus.
(The clarity of the articulation and the tasteful interpretation make this recording stand head and shoulders above any other).
Spohr Concerto's No1,3,4:Karl Leister.
Spohr Concerto No2:Anthony Pay.
(This version, with the London Sinfonieta,surpasses even the wonderful Karl Leister version.He plays the piece with a heroic,extrovert style and manages to avoid the many simplications offered that make the piece playable to mortals.)
Nielsen Concerto:Stanley Drucker.
(Amazing technique,not totally happy about the tone but I haven't heard any better versions.)
Brahms Quintet:Karl Leister.Stravinsky Three Pieces:Guy Deplus.
Regards Chris.
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Author: Bob Sparkman
Date: 2001-01-27 15:31
Brahms Quintet by Andrew Boskovsky with members of the Vienna Philharmonic on London Records. If this is not the definitive recording of the Brahms, I don't know what could be. Ravishing. I am prejudiced, however --- I not only think this is the greatest single work written for clarinet, I also believe it ranks as the finest chamber work for a wind, and ranks with the late Beethoven Quartets in the Classical repertoire. One clarinet player's opinion.
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Author: Chris Ondaatje
Date: 2001-01-27 23:13
Hi Bob,
I've heard this recording (its Alfred not Andrew if memory serves me correct) and yep, I agree it is gorgeous.Do you know of any other Boskovsky recordings?
Chris.
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Author: Bob Sparkman
Date: 2001-01-28 01:18
Hi Chris - The only other Boskovsky recording I am aware of is the Schubert Octet, also on London, which is just beautiful. Unfortunately, I now have neither, both being victims of moving, but I would guess they have been reissued on CD, so you are probably right about his first name. A lovely player in the German tradition. Best regards.
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