BaL 9.03.19 - Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

1992 Ernst Ottensamer; VPO / C Davis / Philips 438 868-2PH (6/94 – nla)

Quintet, not Concerto

[Keraulophone]

Quintet, not Concerto

Thanks ferney; I had a late night (my 16yo sang sop solo from Ein deutsches Req in the cath)!

This is probably the nearest to an Ottensamer we're going to get (last on R3 13/10/16 and not playable):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/n43qdg

Moreover, Andreas cannot be heard thus on the Digital Concert Hall: https://www.berliner-philharmoniker....details/23645/

[Goon525]

Alpie - I think the Antony Pay version is with the AAM Chamber Ensemble, not the ASMF.

Sorted.

RW has just referred (rather dismissively) to a recording by Pay and the ASMF. So did he record it twice? I have the AAM CD too.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Thanks ferney; I had a late night (my 16yo sang sop solo from Ein deutches Req in the cath)!

Oh, wow! That must have been a wonderful experience for you - and for her, too, of course. Many congratulations

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

RW has just referred (rather dismissively) to a recording by Pay and the ASMF. So did he record it twice? I have the AAM CD too.

Yes:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mozart-Clarinet-Quintet-Audio-Cassette/dp/B00MGVQ4DI

and

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mozart-Clarinet-Quintet-Horn-Quartet/dp/B00EG9466A

[Mal]

I thought he was going to go for Thea King or Julian Bliss until the very end. Also, I preferred King and Bliss in the clips. I have his "preferred period performance" From Wolfgang Meyer and the Mosaiques. This, for me, tied with Bliss & King for beauty of sound. So I'll keep it as my library choice (and hang quirkiness!)

[LeMartinPecheur]

Thanks ferney; I had a late night (my 16yo sang sop solo from Ein deutches Req in the cath)!

I hope she got the words a bit straighter than the choir's website listing - German grammarians look away now

Miserere mei, Deus – Allegri
Hear my prayer – Purcell
In the midst of life – Purcell
Ich habt nun Traurigkeit – Brahms
Salvator mundi, Domine – Sheppard
O saviour of the world – Howells
Salvator mundi – Tallis
Versa est in luctum – Victoria
Versa est in luctum – Lobo
Lord, let me know mine end – Greene
Herr, lehre doch mich – Brahms
Lord, let me know mine end – Parry

Congratulations to her anyway

[Bryn]

Thanks ferney; I had a late night (my 16yo sang sop solo from Ein deutsches Req in the cath)!

This is probably the nearest to an Ottensamer we're going to get (last on R3 13/10/16 and not playable):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/n43qdg

Moreover, Andreas cannot be heard thus on the Digital Concert Hall: https://www.berliner-philharmoniker....details/23645/

I will have to search out whether I saved https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07yb2z9 , probably not, I think.

[Master Jacques]

I thought he was going to go for Thea King or Julian Bliss until the very end. Also, I preferred King and Bliss in the clips. I have his "preferred period performance" From Wolfgang Meyer and the Mosaiques. This, for me, tied with Bliss & King for beauty of sound. So I'll keep it as my library choice (and hang quirkiness!)

I'm with you Mal and am happy with my Meyer/Mosaïques disc. Yet what a pleasure this BaL was - lots of directive comments as to what to listen for, invitations to agree or disagree, and well-made points on style and tempi. I learnt a lot.

[Bryn]

I must admit that following a rather late night I drifted off a few times this morning, so may have missed a mention of this, my favoured recording:

[Keraulophone]

I hope she got the words a bit straighter than the choir's website listing - German grammarians look away now

Miserere mei, Deus – Allegri
Hear my prayer – Purcell
In the midst of life – Purcell
Ich habt nun Traurigkeit – Brahms
Salvator mundi, Domine – Sheppard
O saviour of the world – Howells
Salvator mundi – Tallis
Versa est in luctum – Victoria
Versa est in luctum – Lobo
Lord, let me know mine end – Greene
Herr, lehre doch mich – Brahms
Lord, let me know mine end – Parry[B]

Congratulations to her anyway

Thank you, I'll pass them on.

[Apologies for hijacking yet another thread, but...]

OMG [you can tell I've just returned from the US]... the cathedral's marketing dept. is entirely responsible for this, certainly no member of the music staff! I'm relieved to see that it was correct in the programme, written by a Lay Vicar.

My unbiased comparative assessment out of 10 for last night's Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit was:

E. Schwartzkopf - 6
M. Price - 9
I Seefried - 10
Miss K - 11

[vinteuil]

I must admit that following a rather late night I drifted off a few times this morning, so may have missed a mention of this, my favoured recording:

[ Hacker / Salomon ]

... he did mention it and played an extract; he found it ponderously slow, and the Salomons a bit scrubby.

The period performance he recommended was the Wolfgang Meyer / Mosaiques.




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[Barbirollians]

I have the King and Puddy as well as Melos - sounds like I am covered .

[pastoralguy]

Oh, wow! That must have been a wonderful experience for you - and for her, too, of course. Many congratulations

[MickyD]

... he did mention it and played an extract; he found it ponderously slow, and the Salomons a bit scrubby.

The period performance he recommended was the Wolfgang Meyer / Mosaiques.




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I thought he was a bit uncharitable about the Salomons, calling them "weedy".
But what a shame that Antony Pay's AAM Chamber Ensemble was not even mentioned - this was a much-lauded disc when it first came out in the 80s. The couplings are excellent and now it's available for silly low prices on Amazon UK.