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Author: Koo Young Chung
Date: 2009-07-14 13:46
Which recording do you prefer,played on regular A or basset A?
I'm just asking which version you like better regardless of historical correctness or good (or not so good) individual playings.
Thanks,
Koo Young
PS,I didn't noticed anything unusual until I read about it was written for A with an extension,much later.
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2009-07-14 16:59
Ok, the ones I prefer are,
Tony Pay and the AAM
Michael Collins ( same disc as the Beethoven Vln Concerto)
Eric Hoeprich ( later one with the low B)
Wolfgang Meyer and Concentius (sp?) Musicus Wein
I have a few others i'm not so fond off.
Peter Cigleris
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Author: aero145
Date: 2009-07-14 17:12
Peter, but on which instrument? For example, not everybody knows that Höprich plays a Stadler-clarinet.
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Author: cigleris
Date: 2009-07-14 17:30
They are all on period basset clarinets apart form Michael Collins who is playing and Buffet I believe.
I forgot to mention Neidich also, though I find his fermatas a little to flowery.
Peter Cigleris
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2009-07-14 18:00
It's a tie between the Shifrin (extended) and the Marcellus (regular A) for me.
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Author: MartyMagnini
Date: 2009-07-15 02:03
I 2nd the Marcellus/Szell Cleveland. If I were new to clarinet, there may be other recordings I would like more. But when I heard this recording in high school in the 70's - it was literally life-changing for me. So now when I hear it, I can only think of my first idea of the perfect clarinet sound, and it still resonates with me today.
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Author: Koo Young Chung
Date: 2009-07-15 04:50
I think I should clarify my intention a little bit.
My original post was:
Which <version> do you like better (in general)?
1.As Mozart intended,played on A basset clarinet
Or
2.Adopted on regular A clarinet w/o basset extension
Thanks,
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Author: mrn
Date: 2009-07-15 04:51
I prefer listening to the basset clarinet version because I find some of the octave skipping and repetition in the usual A clarinet version a bit awkward at times.
I have the Sabine Meyer/Claudio Abbado and the Tony Pay/Christopher Hogwood basset clarinet recordings, both of which are excellent and are quite different.
Sabine Meyer's recording is with a modern basset clarinet and since it is with the Berlin Phil., I assume it's at A=445 (or somewhere north of A=440).
Tony's recording is on period instruments (including continuo and vibratoless strings in the orchestra) and at a lower pitch (A=430, I think), which I think gives the whole ensemble a warmer, but also lighter sound.
I have a copy of the Marcellus/Szell recording, too. It's a good recording, but I think I prefer the livelier tempi and more energetic interpretations of more recent recordings (such as the two I mentioned above).
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Author: graham
Date: 2009-07-15 15:17
The quality of the account is the most important thing. For that reason I am inclined to prefer the old Prinz recording over others I know even though it does not have the basset notes. But I also like Lawson's version on a period basset instrument.
There are many celebrated recordings I have never heard so my choices are out of the pool I know.
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Author: weberfan
Date: 2009-07-16 17:45
Re: Tale Ognenovski, playing on a clarinet in G...
Of course it's incomparable, but what few people know is that when played backwards it sounds just like "Cocktails for Two," by Spike Jones and the City Slickers, although understandably the rhythm is off.
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