Bassoon Orchestra Musicians
Who Are Your Favorite CLASSICAL MUSICIANS, Either Individual or with Orchestras ?
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If possible, please list “roughly” when they Played.
Most of mine are from the 50s-70s, because my Favorite Recordings are from That Time.
Plus, being a Brass Player — I mostly only can “Stand Behind” my Brass Picks
– Trumpet – Adolph Herseth, Chicago Philharmonic (Fritz Weaver era)
– Trombone – Henry Charles Smith (tied with his replacement) Glen Dodson – Both from the Philadelphia Philharmonic (Eugene Ormandy era)
– French Horn – Dennis Brain – HANDS DOWN !! There will never be another one with such “Brilliant” tone, IMO. Behind Him — Mason Jones (Philadelphia) & Myron Bloom (Cleveland), Dale Clevenger (Chicago)
– Bassoon – Bernard Garfield (Philadelphia)
– Violin — Joshua Bell, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, & Pinchas Zukerman
– Pianists – Vladimir Horowitz & Glenn Gould
QUESTION –
Now will the REAL EXPERTS please Step-Up with Faves ??
….and Please Feel Free to Add Comments on Why or Whatever 
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I am not really an expert in Classical music, and for some instruments, I actually don’t like any classical players. But I do like jazz musicians… like I don’t like any classical clarinetists but I like some jazz clarinetists… and Im a singer so I can list like heaps of singers
anyway:
Trumpet – my trumpet teacher. 
(hes not famous or anything but hes really good at both classical and jazz/blues etc. I got totally creeped out when he played a chromatic scale on a natural trumpet – that’s hard, LOL) 1978 – present
Violin – Sarah Chang (I don’t really have a reason, but just listening to her play is amazing. The timbre of her instrument is amazing – maybe that’s just her violin but – and she has such broad vibrato that it sometimes sounds like a viola – in the lower register) Listen to air on a G string -bach..
i dunno when but shes playing now and shes pretty young
Piano – Dimitris Sgouros (omg he is such an awesome player, Its hard to say why, but listen to him and you’ll get why!!!!!) and I say one of my favorites is Nina Simone (I think from 1957 – 2003 in one song (Yes, she is a classical pianist – the one song Im referring to is Love Me or Leave me (1959)… Its amazing – there is a piano solo and if you listen she is playing Bach- of course it is “jazzed” but the counterpoint is amazing and it shows her skill as a pianist…)
Voice – LOL my expertice area!!!!!!!!!!
I’ll go by voice type!!
Soprano – Sumi Jo, (her voice is soo “perfect” like she never gets the notes wrong – except when the song is too low for her LOL… vocally and technically I consider her the best… however dramatically (acting not voice) she isnt very good…)
1988-present
Honorable mentions to Leontyne Price, Diana Damrau, Montserrat Caballe, Jessye Norman, Maria Callas and Dame Kiri te Kanawa
Mezzo-Soprano – Cecilia Bartoli ( This isnt so much who is the BEST but shes my favorite…)
Honourable mentions to Marilyn Horne and Dame Janet Baker…
Contralto – Marian Anderson. (Why? Its hard to say… I think you should just listen to her and youll know why. She had such an amazing voice, it was so sweet but so dark and awesome… I love her doing the song Erlkonig and Rhapsody for Alto…)
Mentions to – Kathleen Ferrier, Ewa Podles
Tenor – Placido Domingo (I think he just has such a powerful voice… AMAZING!! also when he sings low it is really awesome)
Mentions to – Andrea Bocelli, Lucianno Pavarotti
Baritone – Ruggero Raimondi (I know hes a Bass- Baritone but hes totally awesome)
Bass – my absolute favorite is Alexander Kipnis …….
LOL
Giuseppe Verdi – Capriccio for bassoon and orchestra (1/2)
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