Martin Fröst, Mozart Clarinet Concerto part 3

[PcTeban]

Haces una escala con stacatto perfecto :feellikemartinfrost:

[astkamila1]

Martin Frost plays his clarinet with heavenly skill, he is my absolutely most favourite musician. Bravo Martin!!

[slofox13]

@astkamila1 Yeah - he's pretty good! This has to be one of the best versions of this concerto I have heard.

[edsauced]

I grew up with Brymer/Beecham. So, these extreme fast tempi are hard to my ear. Still, I have to applaud the extraordinary technique, the fast tongue and the beautiful sound he gets.  Also like his use of piano, but cannot agree with some changes to the partiture.

[Etalex77]

Genius. Bravo!

[Mizzles240]

When every clarinet player first receives their instrument it comes with a contract saying "no homo."

[MrIrishDutchguy]

@Mizzles240 what..?

[alilapointe1]

mozart and beethoven form the biggest pair of balls in the history of classical music.

many thanks for posting

[MsVerlinden]

oui bien je l'avais pas vu ce 3éme mvt, escuses

[barkenz]

the m ost beautiful dissonance ever at 3:50-4:00 and the runs at 6:40 give me the chills

[fcoclarinete]

It's better to respect exactly what The Maestro wrote... adding ridiculous staccatos, making up dynamics... not saying that I don't like his playing but in that sense, I think that from today's versions, I stay with Sharon Kam's.

[osh0011]

@fcoclarinete every musician can perform it how he/she pleases. I find it very negative when people criticize a musician instead of enjoying the music. That isn't why they perform. Criticism isn't needed here especially since most of the people who do aren't exactly professionals themselves and more importantly in the position to adjudicate.

[osh0011]

@fcoclarinete opinions are welcome but criticizing little things are just stupid. there is always something wrong. every musician can perform the piece how they feel to show off their technique, musicality and overall change things to challenge themselves. maybe he whited out everything to make his own articulations and dynamics. I think this is the best performance because he shows musicality, great technique and knows how to give a show and give a great sound better than anyone else i've seen

[TheKlarinettist]

Although is certainly faster than what other clarinetists usually take this piece, I consider this performance cleaner and more artistic than Sharon Kam's, Julian Bliss's, or Karl Leister's (which I think sounds stuck in the 17th century). However, if I perform this, I would likely take it a notch slower.

I like the dramatic jump at 4:30

I want my own basset clarinet! =O

[TheKlarinettist]

correction; the jump is at 4:28

[FeedbackFilmsBand]

@TheKlarinettist Completely agree with you

[samwige9on9the9left]

I'm determined to be able to play this one day hahaha.

[Modernmanx]

Where, what orchestra and what orchester?

[gorindo1120]

each melody is moving forward to a variety of emotions.

크라리넷의 음율이 너무 멋지다.

cool music in it too.

[alilapointe1]

mozart is magic !!!!!!!!

[SymphonyJack]

too fast... bleh

[PoppingPOPcans]

@SymphonyJack it's not fast.....

[Agomongo1235]

wow this is an amazing side of mozart i hav never heard in the middle part

[bigwhitegyr]

amazing no two ways about it

[eclair9]

It goes without saying that the entire piece is beyond remarkable, but from 6:36 through 7:04 is just mesmerizing.  Mr. Frost is astounding!!

[smzmusic]

I want a basset in A badly.

[randomisnotgood]

Wow the girl who gives the flower to him is fit

[McSpanky369]

Amazing. Just amazing

[MrSorbait]

@Shoinie. If you refer to my post, you'll see that I in fact identify the clarinet he's playing as a clarinet in A. Qwinkly3 is responsible for the piccolo/clarinet weight comparison. I noted only that he was wearing a neck strap. I made no invidious remarks about his using it--that was Qwinkly3's doing. Pete Fountain is indeed no Martin Frost, and if I were listening to Mozart or Brahms, I'd go with Frost. If I wanted a smooth New Orleans jazz sound, however, I would go with Fountain.

[Shoinie]

Perfect playing!

[ludwigvonbuzzkill]

A clarinet and a piccolo are a bit different in weight, Mr Sorbait. And he's not playing a Bb clarinet. That is a basset clarinet in A. Its longer and heavier than a clarinet. And Qwinkly3, Pete Fountain plays a Bb clarinet. Pete Fountain is no Martin Frost.

[malcken]

Do I see Sadam Hussein on the flute at 1'45"?

[cobra4life13]

5 people must be deaf

[elena4751]

Me encantó!!!

[RidleyPhantom]

0:12

Tonguing like this must get him girls.

Nah, according to his left ring finger, he is married!

[compaqcjc]

The tempo is good i love how he plays this =D

i wish my theacher will give me the notes next year

i have to learn it to

i love his articulations xD

[caiogflopes]

I wont contest his technique. But he plays TOO PIANO! Guy, its a solo! a wonderful solo! Put sound on it!

[blueheat45]

@caiogflopes There are parts where I feel he could play louder. However, he plays so quietly that it creates a much larger contrast when he plays forte. Also playing his technique at piano is extremely difficult, which shows his unbelievable ability as a clarinetist.

[bekiof]

Sehr schön diese Interpretation - das tut richtig gut!!!

[caiogflopes]

i prefer sharon kam.

[blueheat45]

@caiogflopes Why exactly? She does play louder, but not nearly as much contrast. Also Martin Frost's articulation is much clearer than hers.

[caiogflopes]

@blueheat45 he doesnt make so many contrats, so i think it could really be louder...

Well, its a matter of taste, so we wont reach an equal opinion! haha

[trispinatus]

he's really good but Sabine Meyer is better

[demony777]

I did not like that it seemed he was in a hurry to finish. Take ur time and enjoy the piece or at least stick to a tempo.

[flexscan676]

I'm sure Mozart would have liked the add-ons and masterfully played improvisations. Such a kittenish boy he was himself...

[sahand144]

Hella fast and hella awesome

[alilapointe1]

"this boy will cause our reputation to be forgotten".

adolf hasse

didn't he just?

[snowemerald]

DUDE HE'S SOOOO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

[sopranoandtenorsax]

His tounge must be mutated or something!!!

[snowemerald]

@sopranoandtenorsax yeah really! o_____O

[MrPasqualeovip]

niente male=)

[roccoprch1]

What a production! I mean director, producer, besides the ARTISTS, "side people",

"hats off to you ALL". BRILLIANCE!

BRAVO!

[roccoprch1]

Mozart, Beethoven,Bach, Prokofiev, and, of course, extremely, many others. Impossible to list them ALL. That is not the point! What would the face of HUMANITY be without them? EMPTY SHELL!

[Maryclaire92]

he is amazing...

[MrSorbait]

He's playing a basset clarinet in A--it's longer than a regular clarinet (and he's wearing a neckstrap visible at around 3:30, which you wouldn't wear for a regular clarinet). This concerto was written for the basset clarinet, which goes down to C below middle C (regular clarinets extend only to E below middle C). If you're familiar with most recordings of this concerto, you'll hear a number of passages an octave lower than where they normally are.

[Qwinkly3]

@MrSorbait Neckstraps for clarinets are becoming popular. Something about relieving the tension on the right hand from the weight of the clarinet. What? Are we going to have piccolos suspended from the ceiling now? I mean, they can really get heavy after a couple of minutes, too. Bwah ha ha !!

[Qwinkly3]

@Qwinkly3 Just looked it up - a clarinet weighs a BEASTLY 2 pounds (830 grams). Astounding that Pete Fountain, at EIGHTY years old, can still drag one around without a neck strap or a crane.

[shaylenmusic]

@Qwinkly3 Don't be ignorant, I don't know what kind of clarinet you looked up, but the Buffet R13 and Tosca bores are highly dense and weight much more than two pounds. I know so many clarinet players who have developed tendonitis in their right hands because they didn't use neckstraps, but getting one actually alleviated most of the stress put on by the clarinet. There's also pressure that the right hand has to put to hold the clarinet firmly in the mouth, take that into consideration.

[Qwinkly3]

@shaylenmusic Thanks for the useful info on the Buffets and Toscas. However, you crossed the line with the first part of your run-on sentence. Before you go throwing the term "ignorant" around, learn punctuation & how to spell "weigh". Also, a short study of physics will show your own ignorance, in that, no amount of balancing a clarinet just by the thumb rest adds any additional pressure to the right hand than the simple gravitational pull of the weight of the clarinet itself.  The right...

[shaylenmusic]

@Qwinkly3 One run-on sentence is no big deal. My comment may not have been well written, but I wasn't aiming for a university-level grade. Good old YouTube troll; the only thing you can argue against is my "poor punctuation and spelling." "Weight" was a typo, thanks. Do you play the clarinet? If so, then you will know that for the strap to be effective, the clarinet has to be angled such that the elastic material of the strap pulls the clarinet into the mouth, not into the right hand.

[Qwinkly3]

@shaylenmusic nothing in direct connection with the mouth. It simply balances the weight of the clarinet. If said right hand pressure were indeed necessary to "hold the clarinet firmly in the mouth", then the clarinet would obviously fall right out of your mouth for an open "G", or at least greatly affect the embouchure. Physics.

[Qwinkly3]

@shaylenmusic 3) Oops. Please excuse me. The first sentence of section 2 should have read, "The right hand has nothing to do in direct connection with the mouth." The mistake happened because of constriction of the text capacity per window, and the copy/cut/and paste distraction.

[appl3RX7]

is tat a special designed clarinet...

there r 6 button for his right small finger....so nice

[damrog147]

2.10-2.30 - no questions. Amazing!

[NYCBound91]

Well, then. That was amazing, and I now am pretty sure I shouldn't even try this piece.

[PoppingPOPcans]

I almost know part 1 and i know part 2.... GOTTA GET THAT 3RD ONE.

[nadja1316]

beside that it was more than great ( technically ) I found it a little fast ....

[clementclarinet]

so musical!! you can tell the conductor is enjoying a fine musician such as Martin Frost

[zmaybe]

Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A 3rd Movement: Rondo - Allegro Clarinet Soloist: Sharon Kam Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Manfred Honeck on you tube was better then Martin Frost and more enjoyable to watch too. I am not taking anything away from Mr Frost, but the other Video I cited was so much more enjoyable.

[lazrdoc47]

All three movements of this concerto performed by Sharon Kam with the Czech Philharmonic are on YOu Tube. I find her rendition to be less hurried and truer to the original than Mr. Frost's. If you ever get a chance to hear Alexander Fiterstein or David Shifrin do this piece, do so. Fiterstein may be the greatest clarinetest alive today.

[juanpardo90]

more videos of martin please. IS THE BEST

[Perfect5Recurve]

this is my Solo this year and im so absolutly excited to do this =] i cant wait til it comes in from order.

[profitleads]

Superb !

[conradin1000]

A music critic whose name I have forgotten, when discussing this movement quoted the line from Shakespeare's Winter's Tale: "The heart dances, but not for joy..." Martin Fröst brings out this unearthly aspect of the music to perfection. I just wish YouTube could have offered the whole performance in one clip, but there are obviously going to be compelling reasons why they couldn't do this.

[2019tiger]

more videos of martin playing new concertos please

[2019tiger]

articulation nice and unique in style

[XxD3ADxTR33xX]

hes got a fast tong

[benthedink88]

Now I'm afraid to play my clarinet because I know I will only disappoint myself.

[hd26R601]

@benthedink88 lol I know what you mean, I play the piano and I'M afraid of it!

[profitleads]

@benthedink88 On the contrary. Look what lies before you to achieve and surpass. I can't imagine a better target to aim for.

[ajaymohan97]

@benthedink88 just gotta work at it!!!

like 10 years.......D:

[kris8674]

@benthedink88 just keep pushing Martin Frost was probably in your shoes during one time. he has accomplished so much for trying. Never let yourself down, because as a musician myself, i know that i have accomplished so much because I always believed i could do it. even with the most difficult pieces like The Enigma Variations by Elgar

[MrChristopher1812]

@benthedink88 Oh don't let one guy who is a talented musician crush your dreams. GO for it! Who ever likes this is a jerk!

[Perfect5Recurve]

Martin Fröst and Julian Bliss have the Best performances and interpretations of any I've heard play this beautiful Concerto.

[CLPClarinet]

I'ma let you finish, but Beyonce had the best Mozart Concerto this year!

[BellaTheRandom]

I love this guy.^^ Hes an amazing clarinetest.I never knew you could get so far with a clarinet....hearing his music...makes me wanna work so much harder in my marching band.^^ I did my report on him the otherday,but sadly,I kept saying Robet Frost instead of Martin frost.:( I kept confusing everyone,including my band director,as I was talking about him.XD

[sopranino56]

Martin Forst is the best clarinetist in world

[larafan4eva]

I reallllly like how he plays 3:41- 3:48

[dkmarkdj]

You are the best in the world..

[bh28]

Martin Frost has such clean beautiful double tongueing. He also plays amazingly difficult technicalities with such beauty. His lower and altissimo registers have an amazing full tone. AMAZING!

[mehrashk]

This is one of the best performances of this concerto.

He makes a nice move at 2:26

[spike91000]

2:48 is awesome

[Santalucesguy]

ITs a damn Allegro- Rondo!!!! This is the natural speed. Not that your opinion is wrong.

[SweetMusic223]

Although my hobby is to play the flute, this is the best clarinetist I've listened! :D

[StephenChin1]

Music is invisible dance. The performer's movements demonstrate his 'feel' for the music. Mozart in particular, choreographs every motive, phrase and the dynamics of his music. Here Martin seems to be 'trying' toooooo hard to 'interpret' Mozart. The result seems to be lacking in spontaneity, naturalness, grace and the unmistakeable devil-may-care joyousness and childlike honesty of Mozart.

[mehrashk]

I agree with the first statement, but not with "He is trying too hard". I just see him flying with the tones.

[sparoblaz]

too nervous for my taste

[SergioFloresa]

I wonder how did Anton Stadler really sounded... Mozart must have been really impressed with him... He wrote this concert for him. Martin Fröst makes us belive that Mozart wrote it for him. :-) He is such a joy to listen live... Belive me.. I've seen him play live...and direct the orchestra to which he played with... magical !!!

[1D5R7T]

very good!!! his articulation is superb, tone is great and upper register is very fine. pity not everyone enjoys it though.

[sopranino56]

Very good , Thanks.

[Ciampolo86]

too fast...but very good sound!!!

[jayhl77]

Not a bad player, but what a wanker!

[av1valle]

not a bad player...thats a joke...hes one of the best in the world...he amazing

[jayhl77]

Hardly. Sloppy articulation, breathy tone and screechy upper register. I consider him the Vanessa Mae of clarinetists--young, pretty to look at, and as I said, not a bad player, but lacks the technique or artistry of a Richard Stoltzman, Gervase de Peyer or Sabine Meyer. I'd like to hear him try the Ebony Concerto or Copland!

[av1valle]

...again, I disagree; his articulation is light and delicate, and his ability to interpret music and play precisely is what makes him amazing. He is one of the few virtuosi in his instrument. And I hope that he does make recordings of a Copland Concerto, because he will sound great.

[FoxFagottjunge]

May lack some of Sabines technique but she lacks his beautiful tone. ;-)

[MICHaeLDIZZLE]

you're a fool. He has an amazing recording of the copland on one of his many critically acclaimed albums. This is quite possibly the greatest clarinetist who's ever lived and if you had the patience to actually listen to his playing seriously enough to know his repitoire, you'd know this. Although if you consider Stoltzman a good clarinetist you clearly have poor taste to begin with at least as far as tone and general sound appreciation goes. Maybe Frost is just wasted on you.

[ajaymohan97]

@jayhl77 lets see u play better >:O

[ilnvita]

typical comment for an impotent boy.. i studied with Sabine and she finds him one of the greatest clarinettists of our age..

[bloodl3tt3r]

Heh... I get to play the orchestral accompaniment on a piano. How fun. Love this piece though. Sounds awesome.

[Gandalfgrayhame]

He is obviosly an amazing player. But I get the same level of enjoyment listening to music on Sibelius music software.

[lamarra75massimo]

ciao mi chiamo Massimo e sono un oboista,volevo fati i complimenti per Mozart sei stato fantastico e molto espressivo...BRAVISSIMO

[clairannette]

Gosh... I wanna slap the recording engineer who mastered this. They added so much reverb that you lose all the resolutions after the appogiaturas. Even worse making everything bleed into each other given that Martin played this on the relatively hurried side of Allegro.

[edmondka]

the music is when you forget everything: only you and the instrument are on stage...your atention goes only to the instrument :D and you feel the music,the pulsation of the feel in your heart :D and is very cool :D but hard to do... :(

[ManlioGiordano]

Truly a great clarinetist - to needlessly reiterate a now very familiar observation. I remember many of all those late evenings during the early 90:s when we were practicing in adjacent rooms at the (Stockholm) conservatory, where his brother also studied; actually, some odd chromatic runs - part of some contemporary piece - that he practiced "almost eternally" on his clarinet are still engraved in my acoustic memory... Memories can be so vivid and precise, sometimes; spooky!

[buecoo]

Awesome anecdote!!! Thanx for sharing... makes me wanna study (actually im studying right now) hehe.

[CapnCheapo]

To all of you who have decided this performance is too fast, too short, too lyrical..? I must ask, what is your reference? We don't have the manuscript, so we don't know exactly what Mozart wanted in many aspects. We just have early edited editions. You can find 20 different editions of K622 with 20 different sets of markings...All chosen by an editor.

Liking it or not liking it is valid and subjective but what makes any of us the final authority on what the composer wanted?

[bazinsky01]

don't you think that Martin took control of entire orchestra - he is conducting - and it why rondo is too fast (he is ''showing'' his abilities) and allegro once fast once slow (he is colorizing few fragments) andante a little to sad. Maybe its why HIkeda writes that there is no Mozart - yes I think there is Martin. I think he need to REIN IN and to give more feeling.

StaviFilms is right - he's unbelievable.

[dadiesel212]

if you think you can play better than Martin frost, which i highly doubt, then post a response video of yourself. if its not better, shame on you and your hypocritically negative comments of possibly the best clarinetist in the world

[HIkeda126]

This comment was directed to who?

[dadiesel212]

klarinetta

[StaviFilms]

i agree :) he is an unbelievable clarinetist. and there are no need for negative comments.

[dadiesel212]

if anything, andrew marriner's version lacked singing quality. it was too reserved and not expressive enough. too bland and vague. Martin Frost brings an entirely new light to this Concerto. He plays with his soul and leaves nothing behind. similar to stanley drucker.

[dadiesel212]

too many people play it the way it is always played or "supposed" to be played. it never gets boring but Martin Frost brings such vitality and color to his rendition. Mozart left lots of room for interpretation and operatic influence. there is no way at all that i will sit here and let 'klarinetta' tell me that there is no singing quality, lyrical ability, or good tone. his tone is SO rich, full, and vibrant. how beautiful.

[klarinetta]

Too fast!!!!!!!!!!

[StaviFilms]

that's not too fast, that's skill.

[klarinetta]

If playing music is all about playing fast and having skills then it has no meaning at all. Just watch here on Youtube Andrew Marriner and the London Symphony play this concerto and then you know what I'm talking about. There is no room/space here for lyrigue and singing quality.

[StaviFilms]

I'd like to see you do that... I enjoy and prefer Martin Frost more than Andrew Marriner, because Martin Frost articulates and has a much clearer tone than Marriner.

[klarinetta]

You will never see me do this because I would play it slower with lyrigue tone.

[StaviFilms]

his tone was probably one of the best i've ever heard. there are no need for negative comments. he did a brilliant job with his articulations, phrasing, and accuracy. and you know it.

[HIkeda126]

I have to agree with klarinetta. It was a bit too fast for my taste.

I have to give props for Martin's tone, but I just think his interpretation of Mozart doesn't do justice in comparison to many other soloists I've heard. Our individual perception of great playing is different.

I think Marriner plays more Mozart than Martin. Though my all time favorite is still the old recording of Alfred Prinz with the Vienna Philharmonic, with Karl Bohm conducting.

[EpsilonXZ]

Yeah, I thought it was too fast too!

I sorta agree with you HIkeda, but I'm curious to know what you liked and didn't like about Martin.

I just listened to Alfred Prinz's recording and I definitely like it!

[HIkeda126]

Particularly, his articulations. I didn't like the fact that they were all short and crisp. I'm more used to hearing or playing some of the articulations with a little bit of weight on it. Not very heavy, nor very light articulations.

His tone is definitely the plus side for this piece.

Also, consider purchasing the Aho/Nielsen Concerto CD of Martin =) I'm trying to find the Aho Concerto myself so that I can play it for my senior recital in a few years.

[clairannette]

I'm not too certain the release has expired on exclusive performance rights to Aho, if any were ever negotiated. I wouldn't plan on looking for it published for the masses in the near future.

[klarinetta]

No I don't know it but I know that you know it and I respect that :)