Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2019-11-27 23:53
Didn't the Berlin Phil offer Ricardo Morales, playing his Moba, a position in their otherwise all-Oehler by decree clarinet section?
Morales, ever a perfectionist, has switched equipment numerous times during his professional career. To my ears the changes in his sound have been negligible: he always retained his great Ricardo Morales sound.
UNTIL he switched from Moba to Uebel. His sound, again to my ears, changed with that switch. He still sounds totally great, but his sound is noticeably different, less dark, perhaps more complex. I believe Morales also changed other components at that time, including mouthpiece, so the difference I hear may be due to multiple factors, including, possibly, his own concept of sound.
Did Morales influence the other clarinetists in his section to play Uebels? Wouldn't the conductor's wishes be a big factor in such as that?
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