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Author: Liquorice
Date: 2012-04-30 21:57
I'd never heard of Bohuslav Zahradník before I stumbled across some recordings on YouTube. I presume he's Czech. I find his playing style very interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6-WcEwnPxU&feature=relmfu
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2012-04-30 22:10
He was principal in the Czech Philharmonic. I have many of his LPs, almost all of them excellent, though his tone and vibrato are not ideal for everything.
He was an enthusiastic mountain climber and died young in a fall.
There's a brief bio in Czech at http://www.klarinetweb.wz.cz/, for which Google Translate gives a pretty rough translation.
Ken Shaw
Post Edited (2012-04-30 22:33)
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Author: mvjohnso
Date: 2012-05-01 03:07
Love the tone and vibrato! Are there any other prominent (orchestral) players today willing to break the no vibrato rule?
Post Edited (2012-05-01 06:38)
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2012-05-01 05:22
>>Are there any prominent players today willing to break the no vibrato rule? <<
Many, including ones who don't use vibrato.
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2012-05-01 17:50
Stanley Drucker always said he never understood what people were talking about when they said he used a vibrato. He doesn't see it that way.
There are (or were) a number of Dutch symphonic clarinet players who do/did use vibrato. I once did a "Don Giovanni" with a Dutch conductor who pretty much insisted on it !!! My friend and I playing the show thought it was a gas and never enjoyed Mozart quite as much since.
................Paul Aviles
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2012-05-01 20:03
In the days before the dreaded international homogenization of tone started to creep in there were very many unique and interesting differences in national clarinet tones.
Listen to any Czech clarinet players of 30+ years back and their nationality was unmistakeable from the first note.
Many of the early LPs of wind chamber music were made by Czech ensembles and the clarinet sound is really clearly discernable in those.
You don't have to prefer it to other styles to enjoy the experience of hearing it.
Vive la difference
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Author: ned
Date: 2012-05-02 03:06
mvjohnso wrote: ''Love the tone and vibrato! ''
It's really pleasant playing for sure.
As for vibrato - I think I detected JUST the slightest use of it - here and there.
I'm accustomed to a wide jazz vibrato, so I guess it's not as apparent to me.
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Author: Wes
Date: 2012-05-02 04:10
As a teenage soloist, I was complimented on my vibrato. However, it was just my leg shaking from being nervous.
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