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Ruby, not Warren! Thanks, Gary, I knew it was one of the Hollywood Harry's.
Herrmann's wedding cue as you describe it also describes the climax of his suite, "Welles Raises Kane," and it's most effective. I've always delighted in it.
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Aug 15, 2007 - 2:59 PM
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GaryInMN
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Just last month I started a project about Citizen Kane. I've been comparing all the various versions in my collection to see if I could compile a "best of" which would contain the best performances of each track. Gerhardt would (of course) be the first choice for each track he tackled. I also have the McNeely and Bremner versions, plus the suite by Bernstein, and the concert arrangements in the 1st, 3rd, & 4th movements of the Welles Raises Kane Suite conducted by Herrmann.
What I found surprised me. To my ears (please note the subjective preface), the Herrmann performance is every bit as tight and exhilarating as the Gerhardt. (And, since they each cover different tracks, they compliment each other very well.)
Also, I had thought I enjoyed the Bremner version more than the McNeely. However, I found that the McNeely is actually much more precise in its voicing of the instrumentation. (For instance, I can really hear the muted "wah wah" of the trumpets in the "Kane's Picnic" cue.)
Finally, I discovered that if I re-recorded my McNeely CD onto a CDR (for my own use, of course), taking out the silence between tracks (which kills the pacing), re-balancing the volume (so I could hear the quieter tracks), adding more silence before the bonus tracks (to differentiate them from the score itself), and adding the Bernstein suite at the end (to give the disc a more rousing finale) - I found I actually like the McNeely disc.
In fact, I like it well enough that I probably won't bother with the slice & dice version I was originally intending to create.
Of course, all this is IMHO.
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As Harry Ruby and his wife, Eileen Percy were extremely close firends of Marion Davies, I doubt that he would have had anything to do with a picture which mocked Davies.
Fascinating! Thank you.
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I much prefer Bremner's account, which overall has a very nice sense of the score. (Although, does anyone else have the weird distortion at the end of the opera montage? It sounds like tape drag and seems to be in the recording. I see no obvious damage to my CD.)
You are joking aren't you? Reading the notes with the CD here will enlighten you.
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The recent Chandos re-recording is the best recording/performance of the score, IMO. Gerhardt's was great, but too brief.
I first heard the score outside of the movie on the Chandos, and I really like that singer on the opera piece. The recording gave me chills several times (plus hey, the Hangover Square entry is far from a slouch...great recording imo!).
You could probably do more than well just having the Gephardt, unless you're really concerned about completion. McNeely is really good imo.
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wrong topic, sorry
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Gerhardt. 
I only know the Bremner version and actually like it a lot, but it reportedly dies when compared to McNeely's new re-rec.
CK
It's hard to get very excited about the Bremner recording (which I have) after hearing Gerhardt's masterful, energetic reading of the KANE tracks on his Bernard Herrmann anthology. I haven't had the pleasure of hearing the McNeely re-recording, so I will defer to others on that.
Your appreciation of CITIZEN KANE will not be complete without hearing the Gerhardt version, which though out of print is readily available and reasonably priced still. Amazon has it:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000003EM9/ref=pd_bbs_sr_olp_3/105-0997574-3436435?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1187041829&sr=1-3
...and it may be available elsewhere as well.
You can close this thread NOW!
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