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Author: Iacuras
Date: 2006-01-31 02:01
I just recieved a recording of Sabine Meyer doing K622 with the Berliner Philharmoniker and I have to say that it is an incredible recording.
I have to ask this though. Does having a basset clarinet make certain parts easier. For Example on the last page of the third movement, when you do the jumps from throat tones to C, it seems much easier when you have a basset because it doesn't require you to jump the break. What do you think? Is K622 easier with basset clarinet than a normal clarinet.
Steve
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Author: BelgianClarinet
Date: 2006-01-31 17:48
Don't think it is easier. But it becomes possible to play the 'original' notes Stadler played (down below low E).
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Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2006-01-31 19:26
Getting comfortable and "automatic" with the extra keys for the basset notes requires a significant effort, particularly because makers use varying layouts. Also, there are usually no alternate right and left fingerings (though Steve Fox does offer duplicate keys for low D).
On the other hand, the passage at the very end, jumping back and forth across the break, really is easier on the basset clarinet.
For technical effort, it's a tossup. Remember that if you play a reproduction of Stadler's instrument, you have to cope with cross-fingerings for all the chromatic notes.
The Mozart Concerto is really about phrasing. If you're going to perform it, you have to be beyond the point where you worry about technique.
Ken Shaw
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