Klarinet Archive - Posting 000237.txt from 2005/01

From: orm1ondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: Re: [kl] Eb recordings
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 21:29:09 -0500

Barbara=A0Reimer wrote:

> I was able to find mp3.com but no Sean
> Osborn CDs.

Barbara, when I did a Google search for "The Music of Sean Osborn" (the
quotation marks are part of the search), I came up with two links.

One of the links appears to be an agent. You may want to ask them
whether the CD is available anywhere: http://www.corbettarts.com This
page was updated about 30 days ago, which implies that "Corbett Arts" is
an active enterprise. But I did not explore the link in order to learn
more.

The other link says that Sean's CDs are "temporarily unavailable"
because of MP3.com's demise. I did not click on the link to read the
details, such as whether this is old news or new news.

The reason that I replied to your query in the first place is that I
once considered purchasing an Eb (but I never did so), and I wanted to
hear some exposed parts for Eb --- as opposed to symphonies. Sean's
sonata was the only recording that I could find easily which wasn't
excessively 'screechy'. I found a couple of Eb recordings by other
composers which seemed bent on destroying my eardrums without delivering
any enjoyment.

Sean's Eb sonata is about 15 minutes long. So it's not like buying a
CD in order to hear only 2-3 minutes of exposed Eb. The remainder of
the disk is Bb, including a quartet for four Bb's. All of this CD sits
well in my ear.

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