Klarinet Archive - Posting 000580.txt from 1997/03

From: thehat@-----.ORG
Subj: Levant Gershwin
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 19:14:44 -0500

In a message dated 03-16-97 INTERNET: lytthans=PACBEL wrote to ** ALL **:
Il> Who was the clarinetist on the 1945 recording of the Gershwin
Il> "Rhapsody in Blue", with Oscar Levant and the Philadelphia Orcheatra,
Il> conducted by Eugene Ormandy?

That would be Ralph McClane. One of very few examples of his playing on cd. I
am told that the Bruno Walter/Philly Beethoven 6 is due out from Sony, though.

David Hattner
clarinetist-at-large, NYC
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