Klarinet Archive - Posting 000682.txt from 2003/06

From: "LARISA DUFFY & DAVID DOW" <DUFFYL@-----.CA>
Subj: Re: [kl] Technology vs "Honesty"? (was Vibrato on the Clarinet)
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 22:40:45 -0400

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From: <Tom.Henson@-----.com>
Subject: RE: [kl] Technology vs "Honesty"? (was Vibrato on the Clarinet)

I have not followed this entire thread due to a lack of time, but some of
the most honest clarinet recordings I have heard are by Harold Wright on
Boston Records label.

Most of these recordings are from live performances and recitals, and when
this is taken into account are quite remarkable in their quality and
consistency of performance.

Tom Henson

<< David Dow wrote:

As to recording sessions. Yes I have done quite a few and saw and watched a
process of several recordings and their subsequent releases. I know an awful
lot of players(solo) and orchestral who wind up doing so many edits and
retakes on something its a miracle the record holds together. So, the moral
is...you may love a given record but the labels are usually careful not to
mention it took 43 takes for 8 bars of music. Then we go to the concert hall
and hear a section muffed by a given group and say, hmmm strange. Then,
some labels have unnatural balances with the advent of buttons up say on a
give passage in 3rd horn say....not entirely indicative of how we expect it
to sound in a rehearsal or concert setting! >>

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