Klarinet Archive - Posting 000451.txt from 1996/03

From: Nick Shackleton <njs5%esc.cam.ac.uk@-----.BITNET>
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Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 13:09:44 -0500

I remember those recording from my childhood. I believe they would justify
re-issue on CD- French clarinet playing before performing styles started
homogenising worldwide. Nick Shackleton
>Greg Baker asks:
>
>>A few years ago a teacher of mine pulled out an old LP of >Georges Meister's
>"Erwinn" fantasia. I found out that it >was part of a set of albums (four, I
>believe), >demonstrating a line of Selmer clarinets, new at the time. >Can
>anyone tell me how rare this album is? If it helps, the >back side to Erwinn
>was the Messager "Solo de Concours."
>
>Fred (fsheim@-----.com) also asked if anyone had more information on this
>series.
>
>I can't say much about the rarity, but I can add a bit of knowledge about the
>series because of two LPs I found in a bargain bin about 1957.
>
>1. A 10" London, LS 1096, demonstrating Selmer. Side 1 is Volume 1 of the
>Flute, with Fernand Marseau playing the Genin "Carnaval de Venise". Side 2
>has the Sextour de Clarinettes de Paris playing "Mouvement perpetual" by
>Ries, "Trepak" and "Danse des Mirlitons" by Tchaikovsky and "Printemps" by
>Durand. Curiously, the clarinet side is called Vol. 4 on the front and Vol.
>2 on the back of the jacket.
>
>2. A 12" London, LL 1434, The Saxophone, Vol 5, with Quatuor de Saxophones
>Marcel Mule playing "Trois pieces" by Domenico Scaratti, "Scherzo" from the
>String Quartet No. 1 by Schumann, "Andante" from String Quartet No. 1 by
>Tchaikovsky, "Sevilla" by Albeniz, "Quatuor" by Glazunov and "Prelude et
>Choral Varie" by Borsari.
>
>These are all marvelous performances. The clarinet sextet has a full sound
>unlike most French clarinet playing I heard from that era. The Flute
>recording one of the finest bits of restrained virtuosity I've ever heard.
> I don't think even Dan L would walk out on this! The Saxophone quartet is
>also marvelous, again with a full sound. I've played some of the string
>quartet transcriptions for friends and they couldn't believe that they were
>hearing four saxes.
>
>I know there were also brass recording in the series but have never heard
>them.
>
> Don Yungkurth (DYungkurth@-----.com)
>
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