Klarinet Archive - Posting 000980.txt from 2000/06

From: "Bill Hausmann" <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mozart Concerto
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 02:35:01 -0400

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Hobby <jhobby@-----.net>
Subject: [kl] Mozart Concerto

> Several clarinetists have been mentioned, but I haven't seen any opinions
> about the Benny Goodman recording. It was the first recording I had.
> (Being a packrat, I may still have it, but haven't wandered upstairs to
dig
> through my LPs.) Even if it was a case of first opinion, I always enjoyed
> his playing. Opinions?
>
Goodman was never entirely comfortable in the classical repertoire, and I
think it shows in his playing of the concerto. Granted, it is a live
recording, without postproduction fixes, apparently. It was the first
recording of the work I ever had, and, while I would love to be able to play
it so well, I don't think it is either the Mozart Concerto OR Benny
Goodman's clarinet playing shown to best advantage.

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