Klarinet Archive - Posting 000049.txt from 1996/12

From: Everett Austin <austine@-----.EDU>
Subj: Damiens and sponsors
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 15:08:30 -0500

At the local record store today I was looking at two CDs by the French
clarinetist Alain Damiens (I have some of his recordings and am always
curious about the latest French efforts). One was on the ADDA label and
one on the Accord label. They had totally identical recording information
(dates, engineer, timings, place of recording) and personnel, and yet one
clearly stated that Damiens played Leblanc clarinets and the other was
sponsored by Buffet (like all of Damiens' other recordings)! I found that
very curious. I am sure if one had been sponsored by Wurlitzer, he would
have sounded quite German instead of French in terms of his timbral
characteristics!
Everett Austin

   
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