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Author: Rick2
Date: 1999-03-12 00:30
I'm looking for suggestions on classical albums that Benny Goodman did where he did a good job. I'm not interested in those where people believe he made a fool of himself. Any suggestions on his better classical work?
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Author: Dee
Date: 1999-03-12 03:12
Well, I have CD of his performance of the Mozart Concerto and Mozart Quintet at Tanglewood. I find it quite pleasant.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 1999-03-12 04:52
Here(I listed what to buy:Now I lacks necessary fund to buy all,but can buy one by one).
Since this is not commercial BBS,I deleted purchase info.Only one price info:Box set of Stravinsky is 339$ list price.
Benny Goodman Collector's Edition
Sony #42227
released 01/01/87
Composer(s) Aaron Copland
Performers Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (CLARINET), Joseph Szigeti (VIOLIN)
Conductor Aaron Copland, Morton Gould, Igor Stravinsky
Orchestra/Ensembles Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Jazz Band
Mozart At Tanglewood / Benny Goodman, Charles Munch, Boston
BMG/RCA Victor #68804
released 06/17/97
Composer(s) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor Charles Munch
Orchestra/Ensembles Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Chamber Players
Mozart, Dvorák: String Quartets / Budapest String Quartet
Biddulph Recordings #140
released 02/24/98
Composer(s) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performers Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (CLARINET), Alexander Schneider (VIOLIN), Boris Kroyt (VIOLA), Joseph Roisman (VIOLIN), Mischa Schneider (CELLO)
Mozart: Clarinet Quintet; Bartok, Gershwin / Benny Goodman
Magic Talent -- Empire -- #48047
released 08/19/97
Composer(s) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performers Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (CLARINET), Earl Wild (PIANO), Joseph Szigeti (VIOLIN)
Conductor Arturo Toscanini
Orchestra/Ensembles NBC Symphony Orchestra, Budapest String Quartet
Prelude Fugue & Riffs; On The Town
Sony #60559
released 09/29/98
Conductor Leonard Bernstein
Orchestra/Ensembles Columbia Symphony Orchestra
The 78s - Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, etc / Goodman, Budapest
Arkadia-The 78'S #78529
released 03/24/98
Composer(s) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performers Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (CLARINET)
The Clarinet - Historical Recordings Vol 1
Clarinet Classics #5
released 01/09/96
Performers Philip Burton (VIOLA), Charles Draper (CLARINET), Sydney Griller (VIOLIN), Reginald Kell (CLARINET), Gerald Moore (PIANO), Robert Smith (CLARINET), Jack O'Brien (VIOLIN)
Orchestra/Ensembles Budapest String Quartet, GRILLER STRING QUARTET, Republican Guard Wind Orchestra, Renard Clarinet Quartet
The Clarinet - Historical Recordings Vol II
Clarinet Classics #10
released 10/25/94
Composer(s) Aram Khachaturian
Performers Charles Draper (CLARINET), Reginald Kell (CLARINET), George Reeves (PIANO), Elisabeth Schumann (SOPRANO), Benjamin Frankel (PIANO), Louis Cahuzac (CLARINET), Phil Cardew (CLARINET), Cicotti (CLARINET), Philip Dreisbach (CLARINET), Myers Foggin (PIANO), Paolo del Pistoia (CLARINET), Auguste Périer (CLARINET), Edward Silverman (VIOLIN), Frederick Thurston (CLARINET), RenEVerney (CLARINET)
Conductor Sir John Barbirolli
Orchestra/Ensembles New York Philharmonic Orchestra, ORCHESTRA, Republican Guard Wind Orchestra, London String Quartet, Band, La Scala Ensemble
The Copland Collection: 1936-1948 / Copland, London SO
Sony #46559
released 01/29/91
Composer(s) Aaron Copland
Performers Henry Fonda (SPEAKER)
Conductor Aaron Copland
Orchestra/Ensembles London Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra
The Igor Stravinsky Edition
Sony #46290
released 08/27/91
Composer(s) Igor Stravinsky
Performers Adrienne Albert (MEZZO SOPRANO), Laurindo Almeida (GUITAR), Linda Anderson (SOPRANO), Israel Baker (VIOLIN), Samuel Barber (PIANO), Cathy Berberian (MEZZO SOPRANO), Sebastian Cabot (SPEAKER), Aaron Copland (PIANO), Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (CLARINET), Elsa Lanchester (SPEAKER), Dorothy Remsen (HARP), Richard Robinson (TENOR), Roger Sessions (PIANO), Igor Stravinsky (PIANO), Mildred Allen (SOPRANO), Annette Baxter (SOPRANO), Bethany Beardslee (SOPRANO), Herbert Beattie (BASS), Susan Belinck (SOPRANO), Kalman Bloch (CLARINET), Elaine Bonazzi (MEZZO SOPRANO), Charles Bressler (TENOR), John Calicos (SPEAKER), Howard Chitjian (BARITONE), Robert Craft (PIANO), Louise Di Tullio (FLUTE), Loren Driscoll (TENOR), Robert Fizdale (PIANO), Lukas Foss (PIANO), Richard Frisch (BARITONE), Don Garrard (BASS), Arthur Gleghorn (FLUTE), Arthur Gold (PIANO), Donald Gramm (BASS), Reri Grist (SOPRANO), Laurence Harvey (SPEAKER), John Horton (SPEAKER), Otis Igleman (VIOLIN), Irene Jordan (SOPRANO), Stanley Kolk (TENOR), Beatrice Krebs (ALTO), Jack Kreiselmann (CLARINET), Evelyn Lear (SOPRANO), William Lewis (TENOR), Jane Manning (MEZZO SOPRANO), Kevin Miller (TENOR), Michele Molese (TENOR), William Murphy (BARITONE), George Neikrug (CELLO), Richard Oliver (BASS), Marina Picassi (SOPRANO), John Reardon (BARITONE), Patricia Rideout (ALTO), Charles Rosen (PIANO), Charles Russo (CLARINET), Regina Sarfaty (MEZZO SOPRANO), Sanford Schonbach (VIOLA), George Shirley (TENOR), Mary Simmons (MEZZO SOPRANO), Kenneth Smith (BASS), Peter Tracey (BARITONE), Paul Tripp (TENOR), Shirley Verrett (MEZZO SOPRANO), James Wainner (TENOR), Chester Watson (BASS), John Westbrook (SPEAKER), Alexander Young (TENOR), Vera Zorina (SPEAKER), Judith Raskin (SOPRANO), Isaac Stern (VIOLIN), Philippe Entremont (PIANO), Joseph Szigeti (VIOLIN), Sviatoslav Soulima Stravinsky (PIANO), Paul E Howland (CLARINET), Toni Koves-Steiner (CIMBALOM)
Conductor Igor Stravinsky, Robert Craft, Gregg Smith
Orchestra/Ensembles Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Columbia Chamber Ensemble, GREGG SMITH SINGERS, Columbia Chamber Orchestra, Columbia Jazz Band, C. B. C. Symphony Orchestra, Festival Singers of Toronto, Northwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Percussion Ensemble, Toronto Festival Singers, Opera Society of Washington Chorus, Ithaca College Concert Choir, Schola Cantorum New York, Los Angeles Festival Symphony Orchestra, C. B. C. Symphony Orchestra members, Los Angeles Festival Chorus
BOX SET
The Radio Years - Benny Goodman On Radio
Radio Years #60
released 06/18/96
Composer(s) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performers Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (CLARINET), Earl Wild (PIANO)
Conductor Arturo Toscanini
Orchestra/Ensembles NBC Symphony Orchestra, Budapest String Quartet
The Young Benny Goodman - The King of the Clarinet
Iron Needle #1306
released 08/18/95
Composer(s) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performers Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (CLARINET), Earl Wild (PIANO)
Orchestra/Ensembles NBC Symphony Orchestra, Budapest String Quartet.
Sabine Myer also issued this CD recently:
Homage to Benny Goodman / Meyer, Metzmacher, Bamberger SO
Emi/Angel/Virgin/Imports #56652
released 11/24/98
Composer(s) Malcolm Arnold, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, NiccolEPaganini, Mel Powell, Louis Prima, Eddie Sauter, Igor Stravinsky, Gordon Hill Jenkins, Edwin B. Edwards
Performers Sabine Meyer (CLARINET), Wolfgang Meyer (CLARINET)
Conductor Ingo Metzmacher
Orchestra/Ensembles Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony Big Band
Have fun.
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Author: Jackson
Date: 1999-03-12 17:40
I personally did not like BG's recording of the Mozart Concerto and Quintet. His tone sounded too open and bright for a classical work; it just sounded too jazzy. His phrasing was also less than ideal. I bought a recording of Stoltzman's version of these works, and I enjoy listening to it a LOT more. As for BG's other classical recordings, I have not listened to them, but I hope they are better than his Mozart at Tanglewood recording!
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Author: Rick2
Date: 1999-03-14 04:16
I suspect, if that is true that he sounds bright playing Mozart, that it would be because he used the same equipment he used for jazz.
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Author: brian
Date: 1999-03-15 03:15
After listening to Marcellus play the Mozart, they both sound kind of bad to me, but I guess everyone has their own preferences
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Author: Ginny
Date: 1999-03-15 04:39
We have an old album of Bartok, Goodman and Szigeti (three year old slang for spagetti?) I don't recall it be very good. Interesting though.
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Author: paul
Date: 1999-03-16 21:37
Okay folks, let's compare apples to apples here...
I guess it's okay to criticize Goodman for sounding jazzy on classical pieces.
However, don't you wish you were as good as he was in the attempt?
Just a point to ponder.
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Author: ted
Date: 1999-03-17 03:04
He did Debussy's Premiere which is on Clarinet Historic recording Volume 2. He plays it very well musically and technically.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 1999-03-19 05:08
Paul:
I think my tone is better than Goodman! It may sound violent.But the prejudice that a famous player can play better than us is "ridiculous".There are many secret geniuses in this world.
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Author: clarinetplayer
Date: 1999-03-21 09:26
Interesting point there Hiroshi. I agree that there are hidden musical geniuses in the world. I hope I end up being one of them. However, I don't think Goodman was THAT bad. I mean yeah, he had some shakey phrasing, and maybe his approach to Mozart was a bit on the Jazzy side. But look, this man, who obviously performed in public more than most clarinet players, spent the majority of his playing years on the Jazz scene. He was either doing stuff for radio, or was traveling all over the place doing gigs with his reknowned orchestra. So what if he didn't sound like
Stoltzman, Combs, or any other clarinet player specializing in Classical pieces. Maybe it's just that at the time he was still in a "Jazzy" mood. Can you imagine Stoltzman playing "Stomping At The Savoy" or "In The Mood" with a jazz orchestra? I can tell you that for jazz people, it would probably be considered the same way as many consider Goodman's Mozart work. Or think about this. Have you ever played something for so long in a day that you want to diverge a little? Like you experiment or something? Well, let's see Goodman was in session perhaps for a long while, you never know with the record people, and he was playing the same thing over and over again. Well, maybe he was a little tired. I mean, I love music, especially what's written for clarinet, but I even get tired of certain things I've played. Don't you??????
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-03-21 15:28
Remember that Goodman had lots of competition back then.
Try listening to others of that era(and some are still around!) - "Peanuts" Hucko, Al Gallodoro and Abe Most spring to mind right away.
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Author: paul
Date: 1999-03-25 22:22
...and Woody Herman, too.
Boy, those were the good ol' days of the clarinet. It was the golden age of jazz when the clarinet was king!
If only it would come back with that kind of life and force. Wouldn't it be something...
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