Author: ruben
Date: 2020-07-23 23:04
David, you mentioned Guy Deplus-who recently passed away Here in France, he is considered the first French clarinetist to get away from the old reedy, thin, bright French sound. He was influenced by Karl Leister and developed the "round" Vandoren B40 mouthpiece and Buffet Prestige clarinet to obtain that rounder sound. A typical "pre-Deplus" player would be, to my mind, Jacques Lancelot (5RV mouthpiece-rather weak reeds). I can't really say I liked the old French sound. In fact, when we got away from it, I breathed a sigh of relief. But these days, I do think it suits the music of Debussy, Ravel, Roussel...so many other composers. But certainly not Brahms or Mahler. My point: why not produce a different tone for Mahler and Debussy, those exact contemporaries that were so different in spirit?
rubengreenbergparisfrance@gmail.com
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