Mitch Miller -- Horn Soloist on Swan Of Tuonela by Sibelius

[@u47tube]

I'm a (sentimental) fan of Sing Along...but THIS is beautiful! Thanks for showing KZbin the artist side of Mitch. This is THE diamond in the rough here on KZbin. I've posted a radio interview of Mitch that was done here in Rochester, New York in 1973. It's from the interviewer's private collection and has not been heard since that air date.

[@snickpickle]

This is STUNNING! Plus, having Stokowski as the conductor is a great idea! Just marvelous!

[@bearsdenoboe]

My favourite marking in a musical score: "Con gran suono"!

[@telephilia]

Mitch Miller is like 97 years old or thereabouts and still going strong! There's also a video somewhere of him accompanying crooner Tony Bennett on the oboe.

[@krsmav]

It's played on alto sax, not English Horn. Listen particularly at 2:54. I play both sax and oboe, and the sax tone and way of moving from one note to the next are unmistakable. I never heard that Mitch Miller played sax, though he may have.

[@valdengo1]

Yes, and Miller recorded it with Toscanini, too.....not just with Stokowski

[@boxers7x5]

@krsmav def English horn on this.

[@jpsned]

Yeah, that is clearly an English horn. This is one of the most famous solos in the English horn literature. Mitch Miller played both oboe and EH, and would have never played it on alto sax.

[@rvaughanwilliams1988]

this is definitely English Horn, it would be blasphemy to this on sax ... it just wouldn't be done