Lucky Bryn, with that Demus disc. I've been hoping Deutsche Harmonia Mundi will give us CD transfers of his Schumann recordings on early pianos, but they never seem to appear. I have the old LPs upstairs in a cupboard, but no means of transferring them.
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I can't remember ever getting hot under the collar when listening to CD Review - until this morning.
That dreadful bloated arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures orchestrated by someone called Breiner. Even worse was the simpering admiration lavished upon it by Sarah Walker. This really undermines the authority of CD Review (which had until now resisted the rush to Radio 2.5). (Or was this a joke which I didn't get.)
(I need to rush to the bathroom to throw up.)Last edited by johnb; 07-12-13, 11:30.
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Originally posted by johnb View PostI can't remember ever getting hot under the collar when listening to CD Review - until this morning.
That dreadful bloated arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures orchestrated by someone called Breiner. Even worse was the simpering admiration lavished upon it by Sarah Walker. Even CD Review is going Radio 2.5. (Or was this a joke which I didn't get.)
(I need to rush to the bathroom to throw up.)
[What a quandary! CD or Blu-ray Audio?]
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Originally posted by johnb View PostI can't remember ever getting hot under the collar when listening to CD Review - until this morning.
That dreadful bloated arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures orchestrated by someone called Breiner. Even worse was the simpering admiration lavished upon it by Sarah Walker. This really undermines the authority of the CD Review (which had until now had resisted the rush to Radio 2.5). (Or was this a joke which I didn't get.)
(I need to rush to the bathroom to throw up.)
There's Ravel and then there's the rest.
I've felt for some time that McGregor is far too fixated on orchestrations and arrangements of pieces for combinations of instruments not originally intended. Quite why when there is such a wealth of music out there in its original guise which does not get broadcast I can't imagine.
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Originally posted by Sir Velo View PostThere's Ravel and then there's the rest.
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Originally posted by johnb View PostI wouldn't go as far as that. I really enjoyed the Henry Wood orchestration when I last heard it (though it leaves out many of the sections). The arrangement brings a different colour to the piece - possibly a more dark hued Russian flavour, if my memory serves me right.
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Originally posted by johnb View PostI can't remember ever getting hot under the collar when listening to CD Review - until this morning.
That dreadful bloated arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures orchestrated by someone called Breiner. Even worse was the simpering admiration lavished upon it by Sarah Walker. This really undermines the authority of CD Review (which had until now resisted the rush to Radio 2.5). (Or was this a joke which I didn't get.)
(I need to rush to the bathroom to throw up.)Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency....
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