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 Dvorak English Horn solo
Author: Alban 
Date:   2011-12-10 07:19

Would anyone happen to know who plays the famous English horn solo in Reiner's old CSO recording of Dvorak's 9th? Might it be Larry Thorstenberg? I would love to know.

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 Re: Dvorak English Horn solo
Author: hibiscus80 
Date:   2011-12-10 10:21

The Reiner Chicago Symphony english horn might have been Robert Mayer.

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 Re: Dvorak English Horn solo
Author: Alban 
Date:   2011-12-10 15:52

Thanks for the post. I should add the Dvorak was recorded in November of 1957. From what I can gather online Mayer left Chicago in 1956. The date would rule out Schiltz as well since Schiltz didn't arrive until 1959.

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 Re: Dvorak English Horn solo
Author: Loree BF51 
Date:   2012-01-25 16:41

To Alban: You are quite correct, it is Larry Thorstenberg. It is fairly easy to tell when it is Mayer, as he used a throat vibrato. He is on the Reiner Carnival ov., Strauss Zarathustra 1, Don Juan 1, 1812, Bartok Concerto for O #1, Rosenkavalier, Gentilhomme, , but not Don Quixote, Sinfonia Domestica, etc. Thorstenberg is on Zarathustra #2, Don Juan #2 (I think), Don Quixote, Sym. Dom., Frank Sym.,)MOnteux), and especially The Pines of Rome which is the very best! Regards, Mayer, Still, Schiltz student and WFMT-CSO recording eng.

R. Still former student

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 Re: Dvorak English Horn solo
Author: Alban 
Date:   2012-01-25 17:10

Thanks so much for your post! The solo is ravishingly played and I always wanted to know who deserved the credit for it.

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