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Author: Mike
Date: 2002-12-27 17:23
Robert Marcellus is my favorite clarinet player. I own almost all the available cds of his playing in the Cleveland Orchestra under Szell and they are wonderful. Unfortunately, Marcellus didn't record all the excerpts that I need. I've got recordings of the Berlin Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra under Ormandy, London Philharmonic, and the Chicago Orchestra, but they are not the same. I know that he was a legend, but isn't there anybody out there who can play with the sweet, dark tone that Marcellus did?
Mike~
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Author: Brandon
Date: 2002-12-27 18:27
Having never heard Marcellus live, I can only assume. I think that Steve Barta in Baltimore has one of the best orchestral clarinet sounds. Judging by what I hear on the CDs of Marcellus and hearing Barta live, I think that Barta has one of the best sounds that could compare to Marcellus. Joseph Rabbai in the Met has one of the best sounds in the US IMHO. If you are looking for a CD that has excerpts that are TRULY amazing, Boston Records has a recording that I think is called the Legacy of Daniel Bonade. It has about 80 snipets of exceprts that are some of the best excerpts anywhere.
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Author: Ed
Date: 2002-12-28 04:12
You certainly couldn't go wrong listening to the Boston and Harold Wright. Exceptional musicality and phrasing, wonderful use of color and subtlety. Wright was in Boston from 1970 until his death in 1993.
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2002-12-28 14:15
Mike -
Marcerllus was a wonderful player, who always sounded great, but he didn't sound the same all the time. Listen to him in the Wagner excerpts CD on Sony -- he gets a dense, warm "German" sound that's quite unlike his sound in, say, the Beethoven symphonies, or the light, flexible sound he used in the Mendelssohn Midsummer Night's Dream Scherzo.
You really need to listen to everybody. As Artur Schnabel said, great music is better than any one person can play it. You can learn even from people whose sound you don't like, since it broadens your tonal range, and there are times when you need to be able to play with a shrill tone (in, say, Stravinsky), or with multiphonics.
In addition to the excellent suggestions in this string, I love the tones produced by Ralph McLane (listen to him in the Dvorak Cello Concerto with Piatigorsky), Bela Kovacs, Ted Oien, Hans Rudolf Stalder, Jack Brymer, Richard Stoltzman and Reginald Kell. Each of them has a unique sound, and all of them are great.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Quido
Date: 2003-01-16 04:45
I haven't been on here in a while...
I've listened to the Marcellus recordings, and in all honesty I can say that Arthur Campbell of Grand Valley State University has a very similar sound. Campbell is one of the three remaining people who completed their Ph.D. with Marcellus (he also got his masters with him). Campbell's sound is the most rich elegant and dark sound I have ever heard. He has a couple recordings out (nothing too famous) that would be worth checking out to see if you like his sound.
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