Klarinet Archive - Posting 000494.txt from 1997/10

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: One-take Recordings
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 18:43:30 -0400

Since magnetic tape has been around a lot longer than 1956, I wonder what
the Goodman Mozart Concerto and Quintet K.581 were recorded on?

Roger Garrett

On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Bill Hausmann wrote:

> At 10:52 AM 10/11/97 -0400, Karl Krelove wrote:
> Do you know firsthand of
> >old clarinet recordings that you know were one-take (at least for entire
> >movements)? I've always been curious about some of the old records I used
> >to worship like Wright's Shepherd On the Rock or Marcellus's Mozart Concerto.
> >
> Anything recorded prior to magnetic tape is virtually certain to be
> one-take, at least in 3-5 minute segments due to the limitations of the
> shellac masters. The Benny Goodman recordings of the Mozart Concerto and
> K.581 Quintet may be. They were recorded at the Berkshire Festival in
> 1956, I believe in live performance, although the program notes are not clear.
>
>
>
> Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.
>