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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2002-03-20 06:25
To listen to another instrument player including singer can be a good thing to any instrument player. Hilary Hahn(violin) and Diana Krall(vocal) are my recent favorites. Are there any other recommendation? BTW:if they are the nicer to see, the better.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2002-03-20 12:39
Hiroshi...Last summer, Karl Leister told me that in preparation to his recording of the 4 Spohr clarinet concerti, he listened to many of Spohr's vocal works for additional insight into the stylistic qualities. I can't recall if he specifically mentioned who the performers were.
Personally, I think that few popular artists could match the nuances, phrasing and style of Frank Sinatra. Thankfully he left us a vast discography for future generations to appreciate...GBK
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Author: Mitch A
Date: 2002-03-20 12:41
Harry Allen on tenor. A best selection(s), "I Won't Dance" and "Harry Allen Meets the John Pizzarelli Trio" (jazz guitar). Both are spectacular jazz/swing albums.
Mitch
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Author: Bob
Date: 2002-03-20 13:47
I'm currently listening to the Veronique Gens cd of Berlioz "Les nuits d'ete" which is quite interesting.
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Author: Jim S.
Date: 2002-03-20 18:00
Audra McDonald singing obscure things from Arlen/Capote's House of Flowers etc.
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Author: diz
Date: 2002-03-20 21:57
Hiroshi - I'd have to say that I adore Gil Shaham (sp?) - he played the Tchaikosky concerto with the Sydney Symphony on tour fairly recently - one of his strings broke just at the start of the 3rd movement - he dashed off stage, restrung, dashed back on stage and continued ... a consumate performer and a stunning performance.
Vocal - hmm, well I love Mario Lanza (sp?) - especially in the movie version of Desert Song (I think that was the one) where he had obviously gone on a crash diet mid way through filming and he appear enormous and then svelt - a great laugh.
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Author: Josh
Date: 2002-03-20 22:18
Mimi Stillman and Viviana Guzman are stupendous flutists worth listening to...as well as Emmanuel Pahud. Vocally, she's not really new, but she's still spectacular, is Natalie Dessay, one of the most INCREDIBLE coloratura sopranos that has ever walked the planet. (Her Ab above high C at the end of Meyerbeer's Ombre Legere never fails to give me bumps and shivers.)
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Author: willie
Date: 2002-03-21 00:54
No clarinets in it, but I recently bought a CD called Faeries played by a group called Troika. Its mostly flutes of one type or another, but I find it so relaxing and beautiful. CD #72438-47322-2-6 , ENCO Records.
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Author: Jim E.
Date: 2002-03-21 03:54
Kiri Te Kanawa for her phrasing (almost as interesting as Sinatra's) and her diction. I especially like her recording of Gershwin songs. She did 2 show recordings with Jose Carraras in the 80s, West Side Story and South Pacific which are wonderful. (Bernstein directed the West Side recording.) (Listen to the color of Carraras' voice, but English diction is not his strong point.)
And yes, its fortunate that we do have so many excellent recordings of Sinatra who hit his peak in the late 50s to the 70s when recording tech had become pretty decent, (and unlike Lanza who had a relatively short career and mostly worked with earlier recording technology.)
Diz, have you heard Carraras' "Tribute to Mario Lanza" recording? He toured with the material on this recording, and I sang backup in a pickup choir on stage with him for one performance at the Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City in 1994. It was an interesting experience. His director was Enrique Ricci who is quite a talent, and a bit English challanged. Carraras had a cold, but the show went on...
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Author: donald nicholls
Date: 2002-03-21 10:37
despite being a fellow nzer i have little admiration for Kiri Tekanawa.... but she's a lot more famous than me i guess.
as a clarinet player i am interested in the articulations of other instruments, and have found the Baroque flute playing of Wilbert Hazelzet stunning and inspiring- to try and match his articulation (not just for speed but for style) on the clarinet has improved my playing no end. Also Michael Schneider on Recorder playing Telemann with Musica Antiqua Koln- wow!
the Cello is also a good instrument to listen to- so different from the clarinet, so much to learn, so many ideas! i confess that i listen to Rostropovich and imagine how the clarinet could be more like his playing!
nzdonald
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Author: allencole@jamschool.net
Date: 2002-03-21 23:34
I personally would like to play any or all of my instruments like Nancy Wilson sings. There are 60-some albums to choose from, although I prefer the Capitol sides from the 60's with Oliver Nelson, Jimmy Jones, Gerald Wilson or Billy May as arranger/conductor. The album with Cannonball Adderly is a must-have.
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