Author: brycon
Date: 2019-03-03 23:22
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This seems a little harsh. Unless one knows how someone grew up, it is at least as likely that their interpretation came from considering the music and doing some looking into the style rather than simply going along with whatever they heard at some point.
The poster literally wrote "I grew up with this recording and like this tempo"...
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The Henle parts have metronome settings in the Bärmann version and not in the urtext version. In skimming through the comments I didn't see anything that addressed them, but it's reasonable to assume on that basis that they first showed up in the Bärmann edition. Since Bärmann's father performed the pieces with Weber conducting, his opinions are important, but so are the sensibilities of the person performing the works.
True, and Carl's markings are a reflection of his sensibilities--those of the mid-to-late-19th-century performing musician. We have tempo markings from Beethoven, Hummel, and Czerny--contemporaries of Weber--indicating quicker approaches. Moreover, we have scholarly works, such as Clive Brown's performance practice book, which offer further support. Still moreover, we have scholarly performers, like Bob Levin, Roger Norrington, etc., providing convincing performances at these tempi. On the other hand, we have some clarinet players taking slow tempi because they like particular recordings or because "my edition says so." Make of all this what you will.
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