Alerted to this complete new recording by last week's programme, heard this morning. Has anyone heard it, to comment on how it compares against the classic Knussen?
The 'guest reviewer' made some dispiriting, party-line remarks about "approved" users of eastern sonorities (Britten, Debussy, Poulenc) against such lazy "orientalists" as Meyerbeer and Delibes, playing one of the obvious gamalan sections, but leaving no room for any opinion as to the broader musical-dramatic qualities of this new recording. Sigh.
The 'guest reviewer' made some dispiriting, party-line remarks about "approved" users of eastern sonorities (Britten, Debussy, Poulenc) against such lazy "orientalists" as Meyerbeer and Delibes, playing one of the obvious gamalan sections, but leaving no room for any opinion as to the broader musical-dramatic qualities of this new recording. Sigh.
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