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Re: combs vs. drucker

Author: cyso_clarinetist
Date: 2003-04-14 01:01

wjk wrote:

> The contestants: Larry Combs vs. Stanley Drucker
> The contest: Brahms for Piano and Clarinet
> The Winner--To me, Drucker clearly comes out ahead in terms of
> beauty and clarity of tone and intonation. Also, the Clarinet
> Quintet as performed by Drucker is sublime. What do others
> think?

I am not sure exactly of the recordings you speak of but of hearing them both in person and in many symphony recordings and Larry almost everyday of my clarinet life though his amazing recordings and in orchestra hall, I don't see this as any contest. Larry is an absolutely fantastic clarinetist and I don't see many others that can come close to his level of consistency and mastery. I am not going to go things that I don't agree with in Drucker’s playing (if he really even means to sound the way he does) but larry is what a master clarinetist should sound like.

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wjk

2003-04-13 21:50

Re: combs vs. drucker

cyso_clarinetist

2003-04-14 01:01