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Author: fernie51296
Date: 2015-03-20 19:14
http://youtu.be/qBS7BC4aKGE
This was uploaded on YouTube about 5 months ago. To me it's another great performance by Leister that had quickly earned a spot on my favorites list. but does anyone else notice it looks as though he is crying at the end? Or am I just seeming something that's not there? Anyone else ever feel so emotional after a performance that they couldn't help but cry a little?
Fernando
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Author: TomS
Date: 2015-03-21 01:59
Great performance ... despite some tuning problems early on ...
Favorite recording is still Richard Stoltzman with Tashi back in the 1970s ...
Tom
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Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2015-03-21 03:33
Mention of Stoltzman takes me back. I have that lp, though I didn't rate it that highly (must relisten someday, somehow.) However, some years after it was issued, I took my elderly father to the nearest big medical center for some tests, and there in the lobby was the Tokyo string quartet and Richard Stoltzman. live, playing the Brahms quintet. I thought that was great - the acoustics were beautiful, and the performers were on form and together in concept and style. Stoltzman used just a hint of vibrato, just in a few particularly intense spots, I thought it was just right. I got to hear most of the piece while my father was being seen.
I did enjoy the Leister performance on Youtube - many thanks fernie. My favorite version remains Yona Ettlinger and the Tel Aviv qt.
Somehow, I've never felt that any of the, hmm, well over a dozen versions I've heard really bring out something that I'm sure is there in the middle of the slow movement. After hearing Leister, I got out the clarinet part and played through it, which I haven't done for a long time. Technically I hit all the notes in that section the first time through (that's a first, I couldn't believe my own ears) but I myself don't know what I'm looking for musically in that section. Something gypsy, something akin to impassioned speech, I dunno.
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Author: senatorlee
Date: 2015-03-21 10:05
I would be crying too with that horrible intonation. 😜 Great performance otherwise. Loved the dramatic pause at the end. Karl has been one of my favorites for years.
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Author: duxburyclarinetguy
Date: 2015-03-21 20:48
My favorite performance of this piece is the Harold Wright recording with the Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-03-22 02:05
My favorite recording is Karl Leister's from the early nineties (?). The recording has the Mozart, Brahms and the Weber Theme and Variations.
............Paul Aviles
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Author: maxopf
Date: 2015-03-22 08:00
Many clarinetists in Germany use a different type of clarinet, the Oehler system. It has different keywork/fingerings, a different bore, and different mouthpieces/reeds. They also traditionally tie their reeds on with string (as Karl Leister does in this video) but some people have moved to using screw ligatures.
The system you're familiar with is the French Boehm system, which is more common throughout the world.
Post Edited (2015-03-22 08:00)
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Author: donald
Date: 2015-03-22 15:41
What do you think of this version?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWnhppC9mFw
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2015-03-22 16:18
Karl Leister is playing a Wurlitzer clarinet. They are hand made clarinets from Neustadt Germany that are around $9000 a piece and there is usually a waiting list of between 2 to 4 years.
The Campbell version is more consistently flat. Odd - he doesn't have the same excuse Leister, playing on an instrument that is only used in situations where the pitch is closer to A=440.
.............Paul Aviles
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