Karl Leister is an amazing musician whom I have heard live
only once when I was 2nd year in NTU. I like his long phrases
and amazing soft tone. Most of his recordings sounds "2-d"
instead of "3-d". That is a shame for mosic lovers. He sounds
more vivid in the woodwind quintet recordings released by SONY than all
other performances released by all other labels. I don't have
his earlier performances on DG, though.
His performance on Schumann Fantasy pieces op73 is different
because the music he choose has a different ending on the 2nd piece
from the popular version. This difference is a topic of research,
perhaps. I have seen some discussions on the "Klarinet list" about
2 years ago, don't remember what they thought, though.
One of his Mozart concerto recordings (EMI, Berliner Phil + Karajan)
is curious. This is the only one of his Mozart concerto that I have
and he did take breath in the middle of phrases. Those are places which
look like the end of phrases from revised editions for
clarinet but are actually in the middle from the re-constructed
besset clarinet music. I believe a knowledgable musician won't
make that "apparent mistake". It is interesting to know why he
did that. Perhaps Karajan "forced" him to do so. Szell "forced"
his clarinetist Robert Marcellus changed many articulations in their
recording on Mozart clarinet concerto, too. It is a shame that
great musicians choose to interpret early music based on their
personal taste in stead of knowledge.
Anyway, he is great. I cannot breath with him while listening
to his recordings because he has very long phrases. (just kidding)
Sabine Meyer is far more "human" in that aspect. She takes breathes
in all places but still plays with beautiful lines. Don't have space to
talk about other clarinetists because of limited space and time.
I put Sabina Meyer here simply because she was a German, too.
Hsuan-Yi Chen
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