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Re: John Denman's clarinet

Author: JTJC
Date: 2024-02-01 21:08

I found a CD of John Denman in a charity shop the other day. It's a 'Carlton Classic'. The CD has the first and second Spohr concertos on it, together with the Spohr Danzi Variations and Weber Concertino. This isn't the famous version of the second concert, made in 1972, but another, with the Royal Philharmonic under Robert Bernhardt. The recordings were made on 21 August 1996k all in one day - so players had to earn their crust in those days too.

But a more curious point, related to the topic of this thread, is that the sleeve notes say, 'Clarinet by Yamaha'. The producer of the CD and author of the sleeve notes is Paula Fan, Denman's wife, so I'd assumed the description of the instrument is correct. There is a picture of Denman holding a clarinet. From what I can make out, it doesn't have the additional Bb mechanism or waisted barrel seen in the photos on this thread. Any ideas about this instrument?

From listening to the recordings, I would say he still has his sound, but the altissimo is a bit thinner/more pinched than on other recordings of his. I've never heard the first movement of the Spohr first concerto played so fast.

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