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Author: TomS
Date: 2016-09-18 16:57
A hint of vibrato at times, I think ... much less than Harold Wright, but it's just enough to make the sound a little more interesting.
Yeah, her sound is what drew me to posting this recording ...
Tom
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Author: Jeroen
Date: 2016-09-18 18:38
Not much information about who she is. And see plays a Yamaha clarinet, probably CSG as it sounds very 'German' to me.
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2016-09-18 18:52
Yes it is the CSG Yamaha. You can tell by the lower register left hand added key.
It is NOT a Yamaha barrel.
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
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Author: J. J.
Date: 2016-09-18 19:08
One google search for "chamber music society lincoln center crusell quartet clarinet" yielded the name "Romie de Guise-Langlois, Clarinet" at the following link:
http://www.chambermusicsociety.org/watchlisten/cms_national_radio_series
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Author: J. J.
Date: 2016-09-18 19:14
Bio here:
http://www.deguise-langlois.com/registry-1/
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Author: John Peacock
Date: 2016-09-19 00:11
Really classy playing. With talent like that, she would probably sound wonderful on the nastiest student instrument - but I can't help being puzzled by what she is playing on. The top half doesn't look like a CSG: the logo is picked out in gold, which is not CSG style, and there is a little circular emblem above it. All this looks exactly like an SEV. The strongest argument that it can't be a CSG is that the tuning barrel is too long. OK, it's one of these adjustable models, rather than anything made by Yamaha, but a distinctive feature of the CSG is that the tuning barrel is much shorter than on other non-German clarinets, and I'd say her barrel is clearly longer. But the lower half does look like a CSG: no ring on the bell, plus it has the low F vent. Now, the new SE 'artist' model has those features, but the emblem above the logo is bigger and no longer circular. So what she has looks more like a new SE than a CSG, but not quite. Maybe she replaced the bottom half of her SEV???
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Author: John Peacock
Date: 2016-09-19 00:18
...and in the photos on her website she's holding an SEV, with a various different barrels.
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Author: Bob Barnhart ★2017
Date: 2016-09-19 00:25
It's not the CSG--wrong barrel size. Could be the new "Artist"--which has the "dot" and the low E/F correction key. Barrel is Paulus&Schuler Zoom barrel.
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Author: John Peacock
Date: 2016-09-19 01:07
The new Artist SV doesn't have the old dot-shaped emblem: it's larger, and is clearly not what she's using.
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Author: qualitycontrol
Date: 2016-09-19 02:29
https://youtu.be/Hzprae5dXvk
Her playing the Hindemith quintet, I like this performance a lot.
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Author: TomS
Date: 2016-09-19 02:34
I'm not bashful ... just sent a message and asked what she is using.
Of course, 99% of her sound is HER, and not whether she is using a Yamaha SEV or a carrot clarinet ...
Tom
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Author: TomS
Date: 2016-09-19 04:37
OK ... mystery solved ... I received a very quick reply! Here it is:
Yamaha SEV master (you can only get those in Japan) and her Bb clarinet has a CS bell for better intonation ...
Tom
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Author: John Peacock
Date: 2016-09-19 15:52
Thanks for the detective work on the instrument.
Regarding her sound, it's interesting that one poster thought it was German in character. I'd agree with that regarding the Hindemith performance, but there she sounds less beautiful than in the Crusell - where I find the substantial vibrato makes me think more of the expressive virtues of the old English school than anything German.
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Author: AndyW
Date: 2016-09-19 18:24
Romie de Guise-Langlois, Clarinet;
Areta Zhulla, Violin;
Mark Holloway, Viola;
Timothy Eddy, Cello
( I think - I've copied this to the youtube page, corrections welcome )
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2016-09-19 23:12
John uses a SEV Master KF-model (Kazuo Fuji), which is made in limited numbers and available only in Japan.
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: nellsonic
Date: 2016-09-19 23:58
She is Canadian, although her post-graduate studies and career have been based in America. What a lovely sound and superb musicianship. A new favorite of mine!
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Author: Jeroen
Date: 2016-09-20 15:44
John Peacock wrote:
> Regarding her sound, it's interesting that one poster thought it was German > in character.
I meant sound color only. Character is more English indeed. I like it for sure.
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Author: Bob Bernardo
Date: 2016-09-21 08:04
I'm wrong, it is NOT a CSG! I should have known this because the CSG barrels are small.
Designer of - Vintage 1940 Cicero Mouthpieces and the La Vecchia mouthpieces
Yamaha Artist 2015
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Author: dorjepismo ★2017
Date: 2016-09-21 08:52
Heard her in Albuquerque in a concert from the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival. She did "Contrasts" and the Brahms trio. Very competent player, very musical, very nice sound. She was indeed playing a Yamaha, but I wouldn't know which model. I think the barrel is one of those German things with the ring in the middle that is supposed to tune up or down without leaving a gap in the bore. Fuchs in Berlin plays them, and his students tend to as well.
I'm on the same page as Bob in wanting it to be a German bore, but really don't know. The barrel argues in that direction, though. In ABQ, she played a few things safe: some Bartok fortes that weren't, a couple tempi that were less than indicated, started the Brahms slow movement about mf when it says p. But when the pressure's on, you do what you need to. New Mexico's mostly above 5,000 ft., and reeds do funny things there when you've worked them lower and with actual humidity. I've played the Crusell 1st (there are 3 that I have) and it's fun; she played it a whole lot better. Thanks for posting this!
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Author: TomS
Date: 2016-09-23 23:46
Every time I watch ANYONE playing anywhere, they are usually better than me.
Tom
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