Klarinet Archive - Posting 000390.txt from 2000/10

From: rgarrett@-----.edu
Subj: RE: [kl] Real musicians don't.....
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 18:06:26 -0400

At 05:50 PM 10/08/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>At 01:34 PM 10/8/2000 -0700, Kevin Fay wrote:
>>I recall hearing a recording of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in which the
>>piano soloist was Gershwin himself . . . on a scroll. My memory is
>>fleeting, but I think it was the Pittsburgh Symphony or someone like that; I
>>thought it was an interesting performance. (Must have been a real pain to
>>record, though -- definitely a case where the soloist wasn't listening!)

It may have been redone with a symphony, but the disc I have of Gershwin
playing his own works (including American in Paris and Rhapsody in Blue)
are the complete piano versions without orchestra. It took me awhile to
figure out that I wasn't hearing any pedaling!

Sincerely,
Roger Garrett

Roger Garrett
Professor of Clarinet
Director, Symphonic Winds
Advisor, IWU Recording Services
Illinois Wesleyan University
School of Music
Bloomington, IL 61702-2900
(309) 556-3268

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