Klarinet Archive - Posting 000382.txt from 1998/01

From: "David S. Naden" <dnaden@-----.net>
Subj: Re: leister recording
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 02:18:51 -0500

GT--

You are entitled to your opinion. However, your posts are continually tactless,
denegrating, rude, abrasive, etc., etc., etc. There is a saying in many line of
work: If you bring a problem to the table, then bring a solution. If you
dislike the playing of a particular clarinetist, that is fine. But you make
generalizations with little substance to back them up. You don't care for
Leister's playing, so be it. Just provide a positive--a clarinetist you do
like, and give some solid reasons.

David S. Naden

GTGallant wrote:

> I find it hard to believe other Leister recordings would be any different. I
> will listen, though, and they better be good! Some clarinetists have strange
> (to me) ideas about what good clarinet playing is. Big deal, so you can
> control the instrument and play legato! Is that all there is? Most players
> can only aspire to play like robots because they lack talent, the ability to
> think on their own, and a HEART for music. I believe orchestra players hate
> their jobs and equate it to working in a sewer. Fred Jacobowitz said it best
> - "orchestra drones". I heard Mr. Jacobowitz play Schumann a couple years
> back at Apple Hill in NH and it was great. He talks and walks. The clarinet
> is always secondary to music. Ask today's top artists (Charles Neidich,
> Jonathan Cohler, Ricardo Morales, Stolzman) privately what they really think
> of other "top" players. With politics aside, SUCK will be the universal
> answer. Again, just my humble opinion.
>
> P.S. if I left out anbody good, sorry!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Georgio Gallantino
>
> P.P.S - Now you see why I leave out my name!