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Author: Jan
Date: 2001-03-08 17:45
my teacher wants me to work on the saint seans sonata ...sorry if i spelled it wrong....i have the music, but i would like to hear how it goes. i looked for a cd at the local music store but they didnt have it. ive never ordered a cd online before ...where and how do i do this, and what clarinet player should i get playing it?
thanks, jan
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Author: Jan
Date: 2001-03-08 18:57
OH-- i forgot to ask...what level of music is this...intermediate- advanced? have any of you played it...do you like it? ...any thots on this piece?
jan
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Author: sylvain
Date: 2001-03-08 20:47
It's a great piece!
Very lovely french music, one of the calssic of the clarinet repertoire.
4 movements. I would say the first 3 are intermediate level and the 4th is bit technical.
On this wonderful site do a search for saint saens in the discography section. I have 3 recordings the Stolzmann which I don't like, the Paul Meyer which I really like and one by Claude Faucomprez which I adore.
I hope you will enjoy playing it as much as I do!
-Sylvain
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Author: lynn
Date: 2001-03-09 01:30
Saint Saens is a good piece - although musically I think the first three movements may be a little harder than a grade 3.
Recordings of this are sparse, although I think it's been recorded recently by someone (not sure who). When I was looking for one 10 or so years ago, the only one I could find was one by dePeyer, and he misses half the notes on the first page of the last movement.......
Lynn
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Author: Pam
Date: 2001-03-09 02:14
Karl Leister has a recording of it on his "Par Excellance" CD. I think it's very good.
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Author: Jonathan
Date: 2001-03-11 12:02
You may try to get a midi file from www.musicbysunset.com (section of College Level Clarinet Core Repertoire) and should know roughly how it sounds like.
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Author: Sarah
Date: 2001-03-17 02:38
NYSSMA (New York State) classifies it as a level 5 with the most difficult level being level 6. I don't know if this will help you, but I thought it was worth a try.
Sarah
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