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Author: Gregory Williams
Date: 2011-12-02 20:15
Listen to the St. Louis Symphony with George Silfies on Clarinet and Slatkin conducting. I'm not going to say it's my favorite because I don't listen to that many recordings of it, but I like this one a lot.
Greg
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Author: rtmyth
Date: 2011-12-02 21:56
Greg, George was a classmate in high school. I have always greatly admired his playing.
richard smith
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Author: Caroline Smale
Date: 2011-12-02 22:17
Try the recording with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andre Previn in 1973.
Jack Brymer was in his element with this solo, tone and phrasing is absolutely stunning.
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Author: rtmyth
Date: 2011-12-03 19:47
Norman, could not agree with you more; Brymer had it all together.
richard smith
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Author: David Spiegelthal ★2017
Date: 2011-12-04 14:40
I have an old (1959?) vinyl recording of the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Alfred Wallenstein, on which the clarinet solo I think was played by Kalman Bloch (Michele Zukofsky's dad) and it's just gorgeous. One thing that's noticeable is that his tone is NOT seamless as with modern players; each note has its own individual timbre which for me makes the melody a whole lot more interesting and song-like.
The other aspect of this performance I really like is that it moves along much better than any modern recording I've heard, with slightly quicker tempi and the various cuts taken throughout the piece (authorized by the composer) which really don't discard anything important but keep the piece flowing much better, in my opinion. This performance was reissued on CD (paired with Dvorak's 9th), but somehow sounds better on LP (?).
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Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2011-12-04 18:13
David Spiegelthal wrote, in part:
>> I have an old (1959?) vinyl recording of the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Alfred Wallenstein, on which the clarinet solo I think was played by Kalman Bloch (Michele Zukofsky's dad) and it's just gorgeous.>>
Yes, that's one I have, and which I always preferred to the alternatives -- though my turntable and pickup are out of commission at the moment, and I haven't listened to it for around 20 years, perhaps.
The others all seem to me to lose the plot around half-way through, largely as a result of too slow tempi and too much concern with beauty of sound. Surely the poignant expression of loneliness is what is demanded?
(Actually, I recall that we had this discussion before:
http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/read.html?f=1&i=311248&t=310746&v=t)
Tony
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