The clarinet

[visualnickmos]

I look forward to hearing it played by ********* or possibly ********** - whether in Liverpool or elsewhere

I prefer **********, what about you?

[Pabmusic]

I prefer **********, what about you?

What about ****************?

She has more genuine star quality.

[visualnickmos]

What about ****************?

She has more genuine star quality.

[Barbirollians]

What about ****************?

She has more genuine star quality.

Not as much as *************************** but then again he might be very expensive .

[Barbirollians]

I digress but on the Joy Farrall Mozart disc there is also an exceptionally fine performance of the Oboe Concerto by Nicholas Daniel.

[Keraulophone]

This is a lovely record (1987) from the smooth-toned G de P.

Used to play the Saint-Saëns Sonata back in my schooldays, but embouchure long since gone.



(Nowadays, I rely on a Father Willis Clarinet!)

[Flay]

Sabine Meyer is a wonderful player.

Listen to her playing in this!

Krommer Octet Partita in B flat major, Op.78 (final movement)

Her ensemble is brilliant. Such crisp and exacting playing.

[Nick Armstrong]

This link (posted elsewhere a few days ago) is to a video worth seeing for all clarinettophiles, in case the latter weren't on that thread...!

https://www.facebook.com/RCOclarinet/videos/557776111052357/

I love this 'middle of the orchestra' perspective!

[CallMePaul]

Sabine Meyer is a wonderful player.

...as is her brother Wolfgang. Don't forget the Viennese school either. Alfred Boskovsky (brother of the better-known Willi) made a classic recording of the Mozart and Brahms quintets and also appears on a number of Vienna Octet recordings. Vienna Phil clarinetists have for many years been pupils of their predecessors so there is an ongoing tradition. On of these, Peter Schmidl, recorded much of the same repertoire with the New Vienna Octet in the 1980s.

Also, Anthony Pay should not be forgotten. He has recorded much classical and early romantic repertoire on period instruments but seems to have disappeared from the scene recently.

[Tony Halstead]

...as is her brother Wolfgang. Don't forget the Viennese school either. Alfred Boskovsky (brother of the better-known Willi) made a classic recording of the Mozart and Brahms quintets and also appears on a number of Vienna Octet recordings. Vienna Phil clarinetists have for many years been pupils of their predecessors so there is an ongoing tradition. On of these, Peter Schmidl, recorded much of the same repertoire with the New Vienna Octet in the 1980s.

Also, Anthony Pay should not be forgotten. He has recorded much classical and early romantic repertoire on period instruments but seems to have disappeared from the scene recently.

My spies tell me that Mr Antony Pay is still the 1st clarinet of the OAE and maybe of the AAM ( not that they would be using clarinets anyway for maybe 95% of their repertoire). Some of the most inspiring chamber music making I've ever been privileged to take part in was with Antony Pay and colleagues in a UK-based ensemble called 'Hausmusik' ( not sure why!) that sadly folded about 10 years ago.

[MrGongGong]

I digress but on the Joy Farrall Mozart disc there is also an exceptionally fine performance of the Oboe Concerto by Nicholas Daniel.

"Joy for all" is a great player IMV

Though i'm not sure she has played Lucier's In Memoriam John Higgins one of my favourites.

Mr Frost was rather wonderful in the Messiaen Quartet a few years back when I heard it in Switzerland.