Klarinet Archive - Posting 000545.txt from 1998/01

From: "Jan Wilmaers" <jan.wilmaers@-----.be>
Subj: Goodman clasical recordings
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 08:38:03 -0500

I've two CD's, here's the info:

1. Benny Goodman, Mozart Clarinet Concerto and Quintet
Mozart, Clarinet Concerto, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Mozart, Clarinet Quintet, Budapest String Quartet

RCA, Red Seal, RD 85275

2. Benny Goodman, Collector's Edition
Berstein, Prelude, Fugue and Riffs, Columbia jazz combo, dir.
Berstein
Copland, Concerto, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, dir. Copland
Stravinsky, Ebony Concerto, Columbia jazz combo, dir. Stravinsky
Gould, Derivations for clarinet and band, Columbia jazz combo, dir.
Gould
Bartok, contrasts, dir. Bartok

CBS Records, Masterworks, MK 42227

Hope it can help you,
Jan Wilmaers

-----Original Message-----
From: Dee Hays <deerich@-----.net>
Date: zondag 11 januari 1998 0:32
Subject: Re: Player ratings

>Bill Hausmann wrote:
>
>> At 08:00 AM 1/10/98 -0800, Dee Hays wrote:
>> >Benny Goodman was indeed resoundingly popular for
>> >his big band music. However he only recorded a few classical pieces and
>> >wasn't known for classical music.
>> >
>> I have several of his classical recordings and many of his jazz
recordings.
>> While he was unmatched as a jazz player, his classical playing was only
>> fair at best. Still, he was essentially alone as a crossover player
until
>> Winton Marsalis.
>
>Could you send me some information on his classical recordings? I've never
>actually heard them myself and I'ld like to try to order them.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Dee Hays
>deerich@-----.net
>Canton, SD
>
>