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Author: Ryan25
Date: 2006-05-09 20:23
I just got the Daniel Bonade Cd in the mail. WOW! I was so amazed by his playing and the sound of the Philly orchestra. Maybe many of you have heard it but I was just struck by the facility of his playing and his "liquid" sound (for lack of a better word). The best CD purchase I have made in quite a while. Another thing that really struck me is how he could make so many different colors yet his sound always floated with a lugubrious, tremendous legato.
It's really sad that clarinet playing has moved away from that color and tone quality. I'm not saying that clarinetists of today don't sound good (i'm a big fan of many of the top players in the world) but I just don't here that kind of playing much these days. I'm so happy this CD was made.
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Author: vjoet
Date: 2006-05-09 21:42
Yes, indeed. Beautiful playing in every aspect.
David Pino in his book *Clarinet and Clarinet Playing* also laments the loss of the lyric tone quality (my descriptive term) in favor of a greater brightness/edginess.
If you don't have Larry Guy's book on his teaching, and Bonade's 16 Phrasing studies, they are also excellent.
vJoe
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Author: Markael
Date: 2006-05-10 02:19
Ryan, just to clarify: You mean "The Legacy of Daniel Bonade?"
I Googled "Daniel Bonade" and CD, and that's pretty much all that came up.
Any more comments about the CD from you, or from others?
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Author: frank
Date: 2006-05-10 17:33
I don't mean to hijak the thread, but has anyone actually heard Pino play????? I am very curious as I find his book misses the mark on nearly every aspect of clarinet playing. Please someone....let me know!
The Bonade cd is awesome to say the least. His playing and sound are terrific. His Tosca is by far the best I have ever heard from any recording.
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Author: vjoet
Date: 2006-05-10 18:31
Yeah, I'd like to hear Pino play too. When I got his book a year and a half ago, I looked for CDs, and just found mention of one Orion label with music by Brahms, von Weber, Rachmaninoff, Alvin Etler, Antoni Szalowski, and Russell Riepe. However it was out of print. I note he performed at the 2004 ClarinetFest, though I wasn't there.
I guess no one teacher suits all, and it's "different strokes for different folks". I found his book very helpful. And his long series of articles in *The Clarinet* magazine also very good.
The Texas State School of Music mentions he is working on transcriptions for clarinet and piano of some the art songs for voice and piano. That's probably something I'll certainly look into when it is published.
http://www.finearts.txstate.edu/Music/faculty/
vJoe
amateur clarinetist
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Author: Ryan25
Date: 2006-05-11 19:19
Elmo,
I guess lugubrious is not the best word to use. I guess I should try and explain what I meant. When I listened to his Tosca solo, his legato just sounded so doleful and was so well executed. It was very convincing and I thought it had a lugubrious style to it. Sad and mornful like. I guess I should have been more specific.
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2006-05-11 19:22
I probably have Pino's Orion LP, but I'll have to check.
The Orion label was a shoestring operation that put out small-market recordings made in the cheapest possible way. Aside from some Concert Hall LPs on transparent red vinyl from the early 1950s, I can't think of any worse pressings.
A few people have reacquired the rights to their Orion recordings and have been reissued them on CD, but I haven't seen the Pino recording.
Ken Shaw
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