Klarinet Archive - Posting 001353.txt from 1999/03

From: Roger Garrett <rgarrett@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Shifrin - Weber Concerto CD
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:26:02 -0500

At 12:47 PM 3/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Roger,
> I only own one Shifrin recording - Mozart Clarinet Quintet.
>However, I have heard quite a few of his oevres on the radio and I have
>been consistently underwhelmed. I am of the opinion that he doesn't play
>NEARLY as well as his reputation would lead one to believe. Kind of like
>those two female British clarinetists who seem to have recorded everything
>in sight but whom we all say sound rather like high school students.
>
>
>Fred Jacobowitz
>Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

Thanks for the clarification Fred!

Roger
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Professor of Clarinet
Director, Concert Band/Symphonic Winds/Titan Band
Advisor, Recording Studio
Illinois Wesleyan University
Office: (309) 556-3268
Fax: (309) 556-3411

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