Author: Jarmo Hyvakko
Date: 2019-12-28 21:09
The editions i have are by publisher Robert Lienau. I don't know whether that firm still exists. But it's nice that Henle has kept Baermanneditions alive. Lienau once wrote to me, that editions were made by Heinrich's son Carl Baermann (Heinrich's grandson was also Carl). I would like to believe, that Carl has wanted to save to next generations how his father used to play Weber's pieces, so detailed they are (phrasing, dynamics, tempi...)! Anyways, especially the first concerto differs very much from Weber's urtext, which is so naked, that it's hard to believe, that even Weber has meant it to be played that way. We must remember, that Weber and Heinrich Joseph Baermann were great friends and used to tour together performing Weber's clarinet music. Of course it is very interesting to embellish the music yourself, but trying to play the music very meticulously from Baermannedition is a very good learning experience which i warmly recommend to every clarinetist.
I must say that Bärenreiter's urtext edition about Mozart's concerto raises me some critical questions. Everyone should study the manuscript fragment that can be found in Bärenreiter's Mozartausgabe. But that's another story.
Jarmo Hyvakko, Principal Clarinet, Tampere Philharmonic, Finland
Post Edited (2019-12-29 11:46)
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