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Author: seabreeze
Date: 2018-01-14 01:56

I agree completely. I find many of Leopold Wlach's old performances delightful and in some ways exciting. Leister's Cappriccio is warm and engaging and delightful to me as well. But some excitement seekers want a real theatrical performance--"a whole lot 'a shaking going on"--with circular breathing, multiple tonguing, wild cadenzas, and prancing bodies, a sound and light extravaganza with smoke coming out at both ends. Leister just plants himself there like a potted palm that's been around for ages and plays. I'll listen to that kind of performance from a master like him any time!! But I won''t turn down a concert by Martin Frost either! I like all kinds of clarinet styles and am using "dark" and "covered" and "exciting" and "zingy" only as pragmatic, situational contrasts--not irreconcilable opposites. In fact, any given performance might combine all of these. Consider Michelle Zukovfsky's Weber Concertino. I'd say she brings out the mystery of the piece with that dark and covered sound but also has plenty of zing and focus where she needs to.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=weber+concertino+michele+zukovsky+clarinetist.

Post Edited (2018-01-14 02:18)

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