Klarinet Archive - Posting 000785.txt from 1997/03

From: "David B. Niethamer" <niethamer@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Rhapsody in Blue
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 21:03:29 -0500

On 3/22/97 1:06 AM, lytthans@-----.NET wrote:

>A little help:
>
> Who was the clarinetist on the 1945 recording of the Gershwin "Rhapsody
> in Blue", with Oscar Levant and the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted
>by
> Eugene Ormandy?

Ralph McLane. It's at the front of my mind, because I just today visited
a used record store looking for old Philly recordings with McLane. Doug
Miller of Appalachian State had an article about this in a back issue of
"The Clarinet", complete with a list of most of the recordings that could
be identified. Other woodwinds of note are Tabuteau and Kincaid, who
sounds fabulous on the "Afternoon of a Faun". I got Brahms Sym #4 -
wonderful playing, even through the old scratchy surface of the LP.

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
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