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Re: Harold Wright

Author: Ed
Date: 2003-04-03 19:17

"It was both dark and round with a fullness throughout the compass no other clarinet player I have heard ever had."

I love the fact that his tone also had such a sweetness and such a full range of harmonics that it had a remarkable color that is dark without ever being stuffy or dull. Combine that with his wonderful sense of phrasing, sensitivity and lyricism and the ability to play with an endless variety of colors. His playing was so supple that it was more vocal-like than any player I have ever heard. Every player out there should have his recordings in their library. It is great that Boston records has so much available. I was thrilled to see that after many years absence, DG has (finally) released the BSO chamber players Strauss Waltz transcriptions and Stravinsky chamber works on CD. I hope that Nonesuch or someone else will eventually re-release the Schubert Octet, Brahms Trio and Beethoven Septet.

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