Klarinet Archive - Posting 000666.txt from 2001/04

From: David Glenn <notestaff@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Poulenc Sonata (Gary Gray)
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 18:45:00 -0400

MVinquist@-----.com wrote:

> Jim Hobby wrote of Gary Gray's excellent recording of the Poulenc Sonata.
>
> Gary Gray is one of those great musicians you've never heard of. I think
> he's one of the finest clarinetists around. He's also a top jazz player,
> which gives him a deep understanding of harmony, which to me is very obvious
> in his classical playing. Each phrase "fits" perfectly.
>
> His CD is Centaur 2165, which, in addition to the Poulenc Sonata, also has
> the Saint-Saens Sonata, the Martinu Sonatina, the Debussy Premiere Rapsodie,
> the Malcolm Arnold Sonatina and the Bernstein Sonata. An essential record.
>
> Best regards.
>
> Ken Shaw
>

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Didn't Gary Grey take over clarinet position in LA Chamber Orch. from Mitchell
Lurie? Don't remember where I heard that.

David

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