BaL 25.03.17 - Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A (K.622)

[Nick Armstrong]

Yes, 'regrettable' is surely an understatement ...

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Oh dear, what a can of worms...!

Great post, Tony!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Sounds just as good on both!

Yes in both cases (K550 and K622)

[pastoralguy]

I suppose Elvis Presley would be placed in category 3(A), being a HIPP wobbler.

I'm not sure Elvis recorded K. 622 but it would have been VERY interesting.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I'm not sure Elvis recorded K. 622 but it would have been VERY interesting.

Clarinet or Basset Hound?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

If I save up my pension and buy a basset clarinet, what else is there to play on this otherwise fascinating instrument?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I suppose this would be the cheapest option:

http://www.sfoxclarinets.com/Basset.html

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

If I save up my pension and buy a basset clarinet, what else is there to play on this otherwise fascinating instrument?

Strauss used it in Elektra and other orchestral works (though not - I've just checked - the Alpine Symphony, alas). And there's these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Y9LYg7zL8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VP9RGwU8xI

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Yes, but the basset horn and the basset clarinet are not the same.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Yes, but the basset horn and the basset clarinet are not the same.

Darn! You're absolutely right, of course - how careless of me!

[Barbirollians]

I see Joy Farrall's lovely recording in the old Classic FM label can be obtained secondhand for 1p on Amazon - highly recommended by me as is Nicholas Daniel's recording of the Oboe Concerto with which it is coupled .

[verismissimo]

If I save up my pension and buy a basset clarinet, what else is there to play on this otherwise fascinating instrument?

K581? K580a? K498? 'Parto, parto'?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

K581? K580a? K498? 'Parto, parto'?

Plus a bit of Sussmayer, but not a great deal more.

I wanted to buy an oboe d'amore to play Bach obligato parts, but decided against it in view of the instrument's very limited use.

[ostuni]

K581? K580a? K498? 'Parto, parto'?

And, in modern times, a lot of the pieces that Peter Maxwell Davies (and others) wrote for Alan Hacker were written for his basset clarinet.

[pastoralguy]

Bumping!

[BBMmk2]

This will be a cheap week for me :)