Klarinet Archive - Posting 000213.txt from 1998/07

From: "David B. Niethamer" <dnietham@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] An old Gigliotti recording
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 22:19:16 -0400

>On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Kenneth Wolman wrote:
>
>> In any case, when I was a kid clarinet player back in the Bronx, I got a
>> copy of an album on Columbia Masterworks called "First Chair." It was a
>> series of short solo pieces performed by the various Principals of the
>> Philadelphia Orchestra, circa 1957 or '58. Jacob Krachmalnick, Lorne
>> Munroe (didn't he move on to spend years as Principal cellist with the
>> NYP?),

Yes, recently retired.

>>William Kinkaid,

playing the Griffes Poem - some people think *that's* not his best
effort, either, but it's mighty good flute playing.

>>Marcel Tabeteau, Sol Schoenbach, Mason
>> Jones...and Gigliotti.

>on 7/7/98 9:23 PM, Edwin V. Lacy wrote:

>I know about this recording, and wonder if it still might be available
>today. I would like to have a copy of it. I'm not sure, but I think that
>Tabuteau might not have still been in the orchestra that late. Could it
>have been John DeLancie on oboe?

I'd suggest checking out used record stores. We have a pretty good one
here in Richmond, and I've found some gems, often in pretty good
condition. As with many things in Richmond, one can now hear discussions
of how much better the old technology was ;-) [no flames from the vinyl
crowd please - I love my LPs!]

This record was made to benefit the player's pension fund. I don't know
if that has any effect on it's availability, or the possibility of its
transfer to CD. Great recording of the Concertino - one of my favorites.

David

David Niethamer
Principal Clarinet, Richmond Symphony
dnietham@-----.edu
http://members.aol.com/dbnclar1/

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