Klarinet Archive - Posting 000831.txt from 1996/02

From: "Christopher H. Rohrs" <chrohrs@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: David Shifrin's sound
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 17:36:54 -0500

Neil Leupold wrote:
>....I've been told that Shifrin's sound, while round and gorgeous on recordings
>(oh, it really is), is actually quite small when heard "live." It's
>almost as if there are two separate realities: the recorded one and the
>"live" one....

I disagree completely; Shifrin doesn't have two separate tones at all. I've
heard Shim play live on three separate occasions, and I remember his sound
being absolutely gourgeous every time, even when he played in a very small
and "dead" room.

I think it's a little unfair to judge his "live" tone by hearsay alone.

Christopher Rohrs