Ansermet CSO Symphony Of Wind Instruments

From the concert of Jan 25 1968. One of Ansermet's last.

The rest of the concert had

Beethoven 4th Sym de Falla 3 Cornered Hat Excerpts Debussy/Ansermet Six Ep. Antiques Weber Euryanthe Ov

The above four pieces I have from the archive of Hans Wurm. He got them from the local Chicago FM station(WFMT????) when they had a requestathon from the archives. Nobody requested the Symphony of Wind Instruments. I got it from the archive of N.E. Brown which may be an in hall recording but not an FM feed. I am confused. I know little of the CSO not being a Reiner or Solti fan. But it is my understanding that the CSO especially during 1968 was known for its winds. They certainly make a nice noise here. And Ansermet was a wind expert.Why nobody would request this is beyond me.

Please help me out. Who besides Herseth and Clevenger are members of the band. The Beethoven 4th has excellent clarinet playing. Is it Larry Coombs. If it is I will be surprised. I have his set of Mozart clarinet music. Dull dull dull. The Swiss clarinet players are much better.

Who is the announcer?

BTW Ansermet recorded this piece with the SRO in March of 1961. Originally coupled with the Debussy Images and Ravel Pavane. It is in the 5 cd set of Stravinsky works. I also have a 1955 BSO version with Ansermet

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Brass section would have consisted of:

Herseth and Chicowitz on trumpet

Clevenger on horn

Jay Friedman, Frank Crisafulli, and Edward Kleinhammer on trombone

Arnold Jacobs on tuba

Don't know the rest.

thanks. The bones sound real nice. I heard Kleinhammer used an Eb Tuba Mouthpiece

Abbedd

I could be wrong but I think Larry Combs was a Solti appointee who replaced Clark Brody. My guess is that if this is a late 60's recording then Brody was playing clarinet. I have always enjoyed the CSO winds from the Reiner and early Solti years except the clarinets. For example, does anyone else notice that they are extremely flat in one section of Reiner's '54 recording of Also sprach Zarathustra? (It's during the 'Of Science' fugue.)

Brian Park

I know little of the CSO not being a Reiner or Solti fan. But it is my understanding that the CSO especially during 1968 was known for its winds. They certainly make a nice noise here. And Ansermet was a wind expert.Why nobody would request this is beyond me.

the CSO has had superior brass and woodwinds for years and years - starting in the early 50s. 1968 principals include:

Flute - Don Peck Oboe - Ray Still Clar- Clark Brody Bssn - Willard Elliot horn = Dale Clenger Tpt - A Herseth Trb Jay Friedman Tuba - A Jacobs.

Larry Combs is a great clarinet player, one of the best ever. he came in as ass't 1st and Eb in the early 70s (from montreal SO). he assumed the princiapl chair when Brody retired in '78