Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2014-07-21 00:49
seabreeze wrote:
> All three of these performances--Bliss, Chen, and
> McNabb-exhibit what wind instruments can accomplish when played
> with an economy of motion in the fingers, lungs, lips, and
> tongue. No unneeded effort, no wasted motion--just exactly
> enough to get the job done.
>
Keep in mind that the original version of this - Rimsky's orchestration in Act III of "The Tale of the Tsar Saltan" - is mostly (with a few passages given to the clarinets) scored as flute solo, some of which is unison with violins. (Interesting that no flute recordings were mentioned so far in this discussion - only one recorder.) So, it was originally conceived as a piece for woodwind soloist, Raphael Mendez (and his circular breathing) notwithstanding.
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