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Just listening to it more than a year after its release.
I am sorry. No, just no. All this has going for it is the generous selection. In each and every other way (ensemble performance, pacing, sound) it falls short just like all the previous Moscow Symphony/Stromberg recordings did. While perfectly mediocre on its own, a comparison with the 9'35 suite recorded by Gerhardt makes it sound pitiful by comparison. Where's the richness of sound, the surefootedness of playing that distinguished the RCA effort? Nowhere to be found. The "Parade into London" (i.e. "London Processional") is probably my favorite film music cue ever, and it comes off as thin, dingy, with an unpleasant emphasis on the percussion, in the Stromberg recording compared to the opulent, translucent quality of the Gerhardt.
Again, no. Just no.
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As a newbie you might. But you need to listen to the real thing, eventually.
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Oct 25, 2013 - 1:52 PM
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Just listening to it more than a year after its release.
I am sorry. No, just no. All this has going for it is the generous selection. In each and every other way (ensemble performance, pacing, sound) it falls short just like all the previous Moscow Symphony/Stromberg recordings did. While perfectly mediocre on its own, a comparison with the 9'35 suite recorded by Gerhardt makes it sound pitiful by comparison. Where's the richness of sound, the surefootedness of playing that distinguished the RCA effort? Nowhere to be found. The "Parade into London" (i.e. "London Processional") is probably my favorite film music cue ever, and it comes off as thin, dingy, with an unpleasant emphasis on the percussion, in the Stromberg recording compared to the opulent, translucent quality of the Gerhardt.
Again, no. Just no.
Page ?
PAGE COOK ??
Is that you---back from the dead ?????
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Oct 25, 2013 - 3:29 PM
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PFK
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Just listening to it more than a year after its release.
I am sorry. No, just no. All this has going for it is the generous selection. In each and every other way (ensemble performance, pacing, sound) it falls short just like all the previous Moscow Symphony/Stromberg recordings did. While perfectly mediocre on its own, a comparison with the 9'35 suite recorded by Gerhardt makes it sound pitiful by comparison. Where's the richness of sound, the surefootedness of playing that distinguished the RCA effort? Nowhere to be found. The "Parade into London" (i.e. "London Processional") is probably my favorite film music cue ever, and it comes off as thin, dingy, with an unpleasant emphasis on the percussion, in the Stromberg recording compared to the opulent, translucent quality of the Gerhardt.
Again, no. Just no.
Is this some sort of a joke? It's sounds great to me and I've been a Max Steiner fan for over 50 years!
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Oct 25, 2013 - 3:35 PM
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PFK
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Just listening to it more than a year after its release.
I am sorry. No, just no. All this has going for it is the generous selection. In each and every other way (ensemble performance, pacing, sound) it falls short just like all the previous Moscow Symphony/Stromberg recordings did. While perfectly mediocre on its own, a comparison with the 9'35 suite recorded by Gerhardt makes it sound pitiful by comparison. Where's the richness of sound, the surefootedness of playing that distinguished the RCA effort? Nowhere to be found. The "Parade into London" (i.e. "London Processional") is probably my favorite film music cue ever, and it comes off as thin, dingy, with an unpleasant emphasis on the percussion, in the Stromberg recording compared to the opulent, translucent quality of the Gerhardt.
Again, no. Just no.
Page ?
PAGE COOK ??
Is that you---back from the dead ?????
Ah Manderley, even Page Cook would not have written this!
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Oct 25, 2013 - 4:49 PM
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Just listening to it more than a year after its release.
I am sorry. No, just no. All this has going for it is the generous selection. In each and every other way (ensemble performance, pacing, sound) it falls short just like all the previous Moscow Symphony/Stromberg recordings did. While perfectly mediocre on its own, a comparison with the 9'35 suite recorded by Gerhardt makes it sound pitiful by comparison. Where's the richness of sound, the surefootedness of playing that distinguished the RCA effort? Nowhere to be found. The "Parade into London" (i.e. "London Processional") is probably my favorite film music cue ever, and it comes off as thin, dingy, with an unpleasant emphasis on the percussion, in the Stromberg recording compared to the opulent, translucent quality of the Gerhardt.
Again, no. Just no.
I guess everyone is entitled to an opinion; fortunately I don't have to agree with it...
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