Klarinet Archive - Posting 000331.txt from 2008/11

From: "Cheryl Cifelli" <Cifelli-c@-----.EDU>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mitchell Lurie
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:22:42 -0500

That is absolutely no joke there!! She is amazing!

>>> "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.com> 11/29/08 10:28 AM >>>
Cheryl

Good to see you post. We just finished a run of Mozart's Figaro at the
opera. What a bassoon part. I've never heard Kathleen perform better! She
was (and is always) incredible.=20

Forest

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cheryl Cifelli [mailto:Cifelli-c@-----.EDU]
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 11:43 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: RE: [kl] Mitchell Lurie
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> This is very true. My bassoon teacher was Kathleen Reynolds and she =
came
> back after that recording and raved about how effortless he made it all
> sound. She also had her son, who was maybe 6 at the time, show me the
> present that "Mitchell gave you." I was a first year masters student =
and
> I still remember thinking that her little boy got to spend that kind of
> time with Mitchell Lurie! I was completely jealous!!
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> >>> "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.com> 11/26/08 10:57 AM >>>
> Ben
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> More about that recording....
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> The Reynolds family had a long standing relationship with Mitchell.
> Michael
> Reynolds is the cellist with Muir....Kathleen Reynolds is principle
> bassoonist in the Dallas opera orchestra and is the Professor of bassoon
> at
> UNT and Terry Reynolds plays 4th horn in the opera orchestra and is an
> adjunct professor at UNT. Terry and I were roommates at North Texas many
> years ago. The Reynolds family talked Mitchell into doing this recording
> and
> it's good for us they did....
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> Michael Reynolds founded and owns EcoClassics. All proceeds from
> EcoClassic
> recordings go to the benefit of "nature"....a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit.
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> Forest
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Benjamin Maas [mailto:benmaas@-----.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 10:49 AM
> > To: klarinet@-----.org
> > Subject: RE: [kl] Mitchell Lurie
> >
> > IMO, this is one of the great recordings of the Brahms Quintet.
> >
> > About a year ago, I was talking with the woman who recorded and =
produced
> > the
> > album (Judy Sherman- one of the great classical producers out there).
> Out
> > of the hundreds of albums she has worked on, this was one that stuck
> out.
> > She told me that there was easily another 2-3 albums worth of =
beautiful
> > takes that were "left on the cutting room floor" when it came to the
> > editing. Basically, there wasn't anything on the session that wasn't =
of
> > the
> > highest quality. What stuck out to her was not the just the good =
stuff
> > that
> > made the album, but the good playing that *didn't* make the album.
> >
> > --Ben
> >
> > Benjamin Maas
> > Fifth Circle Audio
> > Long Beach, CA
> > http://www.fifthcircle.com
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Forest Aten
> > > Subject: RE: [kl] Mitchell Lurie
> > >
> > > A great loss.....
> > >
> > > One of his last professional recordings was with the Muir
> > > Quartet...he performed the Mozart and Brahms quintets. An
> > > excellent recording!
> > >
> > > Beautiful playing all around.
> > >
> > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001C2TWOU?ie=3DUTF8&parent=3DB001C3=
7Y9E
> > >
> > > EcoClassics (label)
> > > P.O. Box 6834
> > > Holliston, Massachusetts 10746
> > >
> > > Forest
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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