Klarinet Archive - Posting 000603.txt from 2002/11

From: CGBeale@-----.com
Subj: [kl] McLane's Description of His Sound
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 23:57:11 -0500

I agree, Russell, that McLane's words are a description of the ideal
qualities of the sound he tried to produce. I also think some of those
qualities can be heard on recordings he made.

In addition to some of the Philadelphia recordings, I find very interesting
the McLane 1947 Library of Congress performances of the Schubert Octet and
the Beethoven Septet rebroadcast in 1990. Considering the conditions under
which the recordings were made I think the sound is good. Too bad the LOC
and the Bridge CD label haven't made those performances available
commercially.

Thanks for the information about the Hamelin/Boston recordings. I did not
know the Boston Symphony had made any recordings when Hamelin was principal
clarinet. It will be fun trying to locate those 78's. It would be nice if
someone would do a Hamelin discography and publish it somewhere like in The
Clarinet magazine. Or did you exhaust the possibilities?

Clarence Beale

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