Author: seabreeze
Date: 2018-01-24 01:18
Christian,
Nicholas Cox makes his own sound on that Yamaha--wide, full-bodied, and velvety, but the design of the instrument helps too. Loren Kitt got a fairly similar sound out of a similar Yamaha clarinet, but the credit for that also goes mostly to him and not the instrument. Some players may sound dull and stuffy on similar set-up, and that would also mostly be their doing rather than any overwhelming tendency of the clarinet design.
Jorg Widman, one of my favorite clarinetists (who is also a conductor, composer, and pianist), draws a tone quality from his Wurlitzer 100 CS Oehler system clarinet that has all the center, vibrancy, and luminous qualities usually associated with the tradition French school of playing. His beautifully delicate, rapid, and light single staccato is also something to behold. The German instrument doesn't usually sound this way, but it does when he plays it, with the traditional string ligature. Here he is on the Mozart Concerto
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Mozart+Klarinettenkonzert+Jorg+Widmann+Hugo+Wolff
Also, his lecture: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Leden+mit+dem+instrument+Jorg+Widmann.
Whoever thinks the sound from the German instrument is wide, covered, and heavy sounding is going to have to think again after hearing this. The tone is as concentrated as a laser and redolent in the detailing of a very complex overtone profile.
So, yes, the player makes the sound, and the best clarinets allow for a wide range of possible sounds, depending on who is playing them. I don't know anybody, for instance, who sounds exactly like Ricardo Morales on his Backun instruments.
Post Edited (2018-01-24 01:52)
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