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Re: Leopold Wlach

Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2016-11-25 21:51

Wlach's LP of the Mozart concerto was the one I played along with when I was learning the piece as a 12/13 year old. (I'd started with a Kell 78rpm – but that was just part of the last movement.) I even remember that the disc had a scratch that made the needle jump a few bars before the clarinet enters, and nowadays when I play with an orchestra I still 'hear' that jump when the moment comes...

People don't seem to do that sort of thing nowadays – indeed, perhaps they disapprove of it. But a positive outcome has been that I've always heard the piece as an orchestral one, not just as a clarinet solo.

The bassoon concerto by Oehlberger on the other side is also well worth a listen. I remember sort of liking the bassoon concerto better even at that age. Mozart at his simplest is very winning: compare the Oboe Quartet and the Clarinet Quintet.

I also own a pair of Koktan clarinets in pristine condition, courtesy of Jon Steward. I've never properly investigated them, partly because I don't get along with the mouthpiece – and he told me that that was a significant factor in understanding how Viennese players produced their results.

Perhaps I'll make an effort...

Tony

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