Klarinet Archive - Posting 000035.txt from 2005/01

From: Mark Cookson <markcookson@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Your Hit Parade
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 13:27:15 -0500


"Rommel John Miller" <rjmiller@-----.net> wrote:

>>And by the way, has anyone ever heard Emma Johnson's
CD >>set entitled:
>>"The Art of Emma Johnson?"
>>Is it worth the $40.00 or so for the set?

I bought this box set last week and I'm really
enjoying the performances I've listened to so far. I
know a lot of people who don't seem to like Emma
Johnson's playing, but she's always struck me as a
very sensitive performer, and she always seems alive
to the tonal and rhythmic possibilities of a piece.

There was a lot of music in this set I didn't already
have on CD - including concerti by Malcolm Arnold and
Stanford, the Debussy Premiere Rapsode with orchestra,
the Baermann Adagio, the Bax Sonata and the John
Ireland Fantasy Sonata. I picked it up for 14 pounds
in the HMV sale here in London, which seemed a very
good deal to me.

Regards
Mark Cookson

PS The booklet notes say that she's sold over quarter
of a million recordings - does anyone else think
that's a huge number for a clarinettist?

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