Klarinet Archive - Posting 000083.txt from 1997/04

From: Gary Van Cott <Gary_VanCott@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: [Fwd: Re: Milhaud Clarinet Concerto]
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 1997 10:08:37 -0500

Gary VanCott = NHIN
04/03/97 08:08 AM

>>I don't know about performances, but I have a 1992 CD called Homage
a
>>Benny Goodman that features Eduard Brunner and the Bavarian Radio
>>Symphony Orchestra playing pieces commissioned by Goodman--Concertos
by
>>Hindemith, Copland, and Milhaud, along with the frisky Scaramouche,
=
also
>>by Milhaud.

>I've been trying to get this very CD for a while now. I tried to
special =
>order it from Barnes and Nobles (yes, we southern Californians have
to =
>go to odd places for our music), and was told they "couldn't order >it." =
But I don't know if that means it's out of print, or if they >just =
"couldn't order it." Anyone know where we can get this CD? >(Koch Schwann =
is the label, by the way.)

>Rob Teitelbaum
>Claremont McKenna College

I have this recording and I don't think it is that great. I bought it
mostly for the Scaramouche. The orchestra is too loud, the clarinet is too
soft, and the Scaramouche starts very aburptly. It is as if some fraction
of the first beat of the music was missing from the recording.

Gary Van Cott
Las Vegas, NV

Gary_VanCott@-----.com