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In Reply to: Well. . . that's where our mystery guest and I disagree with you ;-) posted by Chris from Lafayette on October 21, 2016 at 17:45:56:
Personally I don't think the Bergen orchestra was up to the task; quite clueless in fact, to the narrative, careful articulation and occasionally charming piccolo flutterings notwithstanding.To be fair, by the final dance, the bass drum activity seems far less crass and peanut gallery-esque, so why the indiscriminate banging earlier on? Was Litton trying to get an 80s-like Telarc buzz going in the media?
I've seen the Rite live with MTT when he was recording for RCA way back when, (I recall he turned and glared at a cold war-era cougher who couldn't hold back during the opening bassoon solo.)
Percussion was weighty and loud but not obnoxiously so.
I know critics rave over the Litton, but these are the same people like Gergiev doing pretty much anything, so what can one do?
Edits: 10/21/16 10/21/16
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Follow Ups
- Lucky for us, there's at least 20 high res Rites from which to choose. - jdaniel@jps.net 18:53:07 10/21/16 (5)
- The "indiscriminate banging" is your conceit - not reality [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 00:53:51 10/22/16 (4)
- (BTW - I mean something like a poetic conceit, not chutzpah!) [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 01:11:09 10/22/16 (3)
- No worries, one man's indiscriminate banging is another man's Shostakovich 7th. : ) nt - jdaniel@jps.net 09:45:50 10/22/16 (2)
- indiscriminate banging- OK, that's enough about your Sex Life...! nt - oldmkvi 13:43:30 10/29/16 (1)
- Ha ha. At my age, "indiscriminate banging" usually involves stubborn pill bottles and bathroom sink edges. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 16:59:12 10/29/16 (0)
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