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In Reply to: RE: Misleading CD promotion posted by John C. - Aussie on April 29, 2015 at 15:06:36
Those little Rossini pieces are charming, and the Ensemble Wien Berlin is superb. Lighten up, sourpuss reviewer! Everything can't be Mahler's 9th symphony. I'm not sure if I have that particular CD (I think I do), but I do have others by the Ensemble Wien Berlin.
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The main beef the reviewer seems to have against the disc is that Rossini never wrote any quartets so he (assume it is a him) considers the actual music unauthentic, although he does admire the playing of that group. Criticising the music content is a bit harsh as many compositions have been successfully transcribed to other formats and that does not make the music any less enjoyable. Quite the opposite, it can be most refreshing to hear it in a different context.
John
What can be more subjective than music? It reflects our individual tastes, says he enjoying 13,000+ albums on a Meridian Sooloos Server.
My understanding is that they were originally written by Rossini as string quartets and later transcribed by someone else for winds. They aren't major pinnacles of Western art in either form, but they are sparkling good fun. I've heard (and played) wind transcriptions of much more famous and substantial string quartets and those generally do not do the originals justice. But for these minor but entertaining trifles, no real harm done.
Sorry, I still maintain that's just a sourpuss reviewer.
No need to feel bad about that. He/she obviously was unimpressed but could have been a bit more positive so your sourpuss description is apt.
What can be more subjective than music? It reflects our individual tastes, says he enjoying 13,000+ albums on a Meridian Sooloos Server.
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