Why? Cheaper than hiring an orchestra? Have RR a policy of starting with a downer so everything can only get better as the programme progresses?
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To be fair, the disc is an attempt at demonstrating how the majority of folk would have heard the music at home, in arrangements for flute, piano etc.
I found the 'Marriage of Figaro' overture arranged by Hummel rather underwhelming, but that's because of having had the luxury of hearing it in its orchestral guise. All the same, I find the project a fascinating one, and typical of good old Hyperion to take it on. -
You must know that this is how people often heard and enjoyed music by Mozart and many other composers’ works then, which to me is an interesting way to listen to music. Charles Avison’s Scarlatti arrangements are enjoyable in their own way and Brahms’s German Requiem with the piano accompaniment is rather interesting too. The CD is a project and not a thesis. If you don’t like it or not interested in, that’s fine but nothing to make an issue of surely?Originally posted by Mal View PostComment
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I liked the Sibelius review. The extract from "Two serious songs" was wonderful, and something I hadn't heard before. Also an exciting performance of the Violin concerto, recorded a month after Sibelius' death, Ida Haendel sounding very serious and interesting, with invigorating support from Karel Ancerl and the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.Comment
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Best you stay well away from:Originally posted by Mal View Post
then and leave it for others, such as me, to appreciate and enjoy.Comment
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