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Stoltzman and Weber 1st Concerto Review

Author: D Dow
Date: 2004-03-18 16:57

I realize that there are alot of Stoltzman fans out there but I recently heard him on CBC FM 2 with the Vancouver Symphony(Sergiu Commisina) performing the Weber 1st Concerto.

The opening movement started out quite nicely. The Vancouver Symphony has a nice homogenous sound. In the opening theme Stoltzman sounded quite nice and played the triplet section with his usual fluidity.

It was towards the end of the 1st movement I noticed his vibrato became something of a distraction....however, I looked forward to the 2cd movement and thought there was room to pull off this performance...

Then, to my disbelief the tone in the 2cd movement was not only ugly but the vibrato was really on the gross side.

I could not believe it, but it sounded like he was at war with the clarinet...the fluidness and warmth became harsh and brittle....the throat a tones were all just too whiny...

Then the finale came and the tempo was so slow....on top of this he really sounded like he was playing a period instrument which is not easy to do...the runs upward to high G were forced....

I could not believe, here was the worst I ever heard Stoltzman ever play....all in all a bad outing.....

David Dow

Post Edited (2004-03-18 16:58)

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