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Author: tww
Date: 2004-08-22 22:13
Hi,
What are some of your favorite wind ensemble/band recordings? (Especially ones of interest to clarinetists.)
- tww
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Author: diz
Date: 2004-08-22 22:16
I own a couple of US CDs: Eastman in particular is a fine one, I only listen to it every now and then, you can have just too much "om pah pah" in a week in my book.
Without music, the world would be grey, very grey.
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Author: mystery science dieter
Date: 2004-08-22 23:59
Eastman/Fenell/Mercury recordings are the real things. Real performances captured faithfully by one or three microphones in long takes in real time. The players from those sessions went on to lead a generation of great orchestral wind players.
Everyone since is at best an imitation, at worst a quilt of splices dressed up to sound like Eastman. At least one 'famous' modering wind recording conductor actually has students switch parts between takes to cover things that can't be done because the players can't play well enough (or haven't been rehearsed properly). What a fraud.
That leaves out recordings by 100 piece bands. Revelli had an amazing ability to shape a large wind group into a great sounding ensemble, but he didn't record any substantial repertoire commercially. If you want the best recording ever of College Football Songs, however, Revelli is your man.
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2004-08-23 00:37
Hi,
In recent months, a new clarinet friend from this BB, has provided me with some of the finest wind ensemble recordings I have ever heard. The band is the Heritage of America Band at Langley AFB, VA. Amazing playing and wonderful recordings.
Any serious wind band player needs to hear this group play Crown Imperial.
HRL
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Author: diz
Date: 2004-08-23 03:42
Hank ... I own a CD of the Heritage band, too ... courtesy of the same chap on this BB (who will remain nameless). I agree with you, wholeheartedly, it's a wonderful, wonderful CD.
Without music, the world would be grey, very grey.
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Author: Markus Wenninger
Date: 2004-08-23 06:45
New Winds (all of their so far 3 cds).
Holz für Europa.
Trio de Clarinettes.
Anthony Braxton´s solo recordings.
Radulescu´s "Inner Time II" (solo cl, elelctronically turned into a 7-headed Medusa)
S. Lacy,E. Parker, L. Coxhill ´s "Three Blokes" (there´s a lot of ingenious and dense wind-playing to be found on many of the FMP´s recordings).
No swing here, no 19th century harmonies!
Markus
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2004-08-23 11:13
If you son't mind having 3 strings also, then Double Trio - Green Dolphy Suite is one of the best CDs I have.
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2004-08-23 11:29
Hi,
I mentioned it earlier on this BB but try to get ahold of a copy of Fennell's great book, Fortissimo which is a bio-discography of the Eastman as well as other wind symphony recordings. The original book is out of print but I had heard that a reprint might be available and Fennell was actually at a recent band festival in Ohio and autographed copies.
Look at this link for some discussion of the clarinet players in the Eastman group for some of these early recordings. http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=148839&t=147452
Also catch the recordings of the Dallas Winds. Some really great playing and the recordings are outstanding.
HRL
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Author: Firebird
Date: 2004-08-23 12:41
With all due respect to all other bands, the TKWO (Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra) will make most other American bands sound like crap save for a few really good ones.
Chan
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2004-08-23 13:31
Richard Strauss Wind Serenades -Philips recordings --Ed de Wart with the Netherland Wind Ensembe
the Mozart Serenade with the same group are tremendous as well.
David Dow
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Author: coasten1
Date: 2004-08-23 18:32
I am particular to the cd recordings of concerts form the band I play in. College of Lake County Wind Ensemble. Here is a link to hear a sample.
http://hometown.aol.com/skulder000/myhomepage/starwars.mp3
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Author: Joel K.
Date: 2004-08-23 20:47
As a follow up to Hank Lehrer's post, I heard the AF Heritage of America Band's recording of Dionysiaques by Florent Schmitt. It is amazing. I have the U.S. Marine Band's recording of the piece (on the MHS release "American Games") which is A+ but I think the Heritage Band's is even better. All the Marine Band recordings are well worth owning.
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2004-08-23 21:07
Mine favorite hasn't been released yet. I may be biased, but the Indiana Wind Symphony has recorded most of the tracks of a CD, but needs to add a few more. (Each song in a continuous take with no editting or tricks. Most have required more than one try to get it good enough.)
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Author: Hank Lehrer
Date: 2004-08-23 21:58
Hi,
There is no doubt that many of the larger state university symphonic wind ensembles are excellent groups with some wonderful recordings. I think one can find some of the best CDs by checking on this link
http://camb.ucdavis.edu/camb/college.html
Although these are the marching bands, a little sifting through each website will probably get you to the wind ensemble.
An earlier comment was made to Dr. William Revelli at U of Michigan. A wonderful director. Check out this information on him here
http://www.umich.edu/~newsinfo/MT/94/Oct94/mt16o94.html
It has been said earlier on other threads that the US seems to have an unusual passion for marching bands. What is not as well known is most of the same schools have top quality symphonics bands also. However, as a Buckeye (a resident of the State of Ohio for those that do not know) I can not miss this opportunity to say Go Bucks!
http://tbdbitl.osu.edu/sounds/buckeye.wav
HRL
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Author: Tara
Date: 2004-08-23 22:03
The Kosei have a recording of the Mad Major march that stays so exact to the marked quarter note=100 that I always wondered if each player had a click track in their ear... pretty insane. I don't recall what disc it's on or anything, but I remember being rather impressed! It's a hard march- altissimo and SOFT and NOT SO FAST!
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Author: Gardini
Date: 2004-08-23 23:57
I don't hear much mention of Sabine Meyer on the BB. I think that she is fantastic, her ensemble (BLÄSERENSEMBLE and Trio Clarone) recordings of Mozart are beautiful. The Berlin Symphony wind quintet has a number of great recordings too. Maybe I like the German sound.
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Author: Bigno16
Date: 2004-08-24 02:06
Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
No doubt about it.
I own several of their recordings...and every one of them are absolutely perfect. Except for their "Belle of the Ball" CD recording of Leroy anderson's pieces, where a clarinet makes a jumble on "Clarinet Candy" and I was extremely disappointed when I heard this...shame! But it just goes to show that everyone makes mistakes...even the pros. I'm surprised they didn't re-record it. Perhaps it was unnoticed. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
I would suggest: Overtures (which includes favorites such as Festive Overture, La Forza Del Destino, and Overture to Candide) and also Scheherazade (with the famous symphony transcribed for wind band in a way very favoring to clarinetists, especially the Eb players).
There are SO many categories and you can also order many, many other CDs from other bands such as the Dallas Wind Symphony and even solo CDs and such. There's tons of stuff to get. Order there.
www.koseicd.com
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Author: D Dow
Date: 2004-08-25 15:51
The other wonderful recording is Harnoncourt with the Vienna Mozart winds on Teldec of the Serenades...way beyond any other rival on the market.
David Dow
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