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It's great to hear all those bits of orchestration on the LP master that don't make it to Bernstein's 1/4" tape.
With a score so melodious and versatile, I forsee multilple extended listens to the straight score and the LP master.
I could nerd up the forum trying to piece together which take with what orchestration belongs where, but who cares? The sound on the 1/4" tapes is worth re-transferring every decade or so, and the album master completes the whole project.
This may sell out faster than its producers think, once word to the Bernstein newbies gets out.
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It's a fantastic piece and I hope it does sell. Incredibly varied work, perfect performance by the Royal Philharmonic. Absolutely the opposite of scores now - melodic, intelligent, inventive and memorable.
I think the recording venue, a church in Surrey (for the album at least....too lazy to check the FSM if it was done at CTS), will forever compromise the sound quality. Which excites me even more to hear this new version.
Need a break from the land of Chugga Chugga, this is the place to listen.
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I think the recording venue, a church in Surrey (for the album at least....too lazy to check the FSM if it was done at CTS), will forever compromise the sound quality. Which excites me even more to hear this new version.
I didn't know the score and album were two distinct productions in two seperate locations. Even better!
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Danbeck is right, my apologies. Swore it was two different venues.
St. Pete's in Morden, Surrey. Pretty large group utilized, I still feel the room worked against this one.
All the more reason to give it a buy, as I'm certain the L worked magic here on this seminal score.
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Having listened heavily through the years to the FSM disc and the vinyl on YouTube, and now the samples posted today, I'm really glad we have both.
Kudos to the production team and La-La Land Records!
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Ordered this at 12:00 pst. Love this score!
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Ur.
Mur.
Gurd.
Oh yes, this Locknar is mine!!
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I didn't know the score and album were two distinct productions in two seperate locations. Even better!
No... its the same recording, only a different mix.
Flipping back and forth between my FSM and the samples for the album on disc 2, it's seems like the FSM is the equivalent of what I've always assumed to be what brickwalling sounds like. No peaks, no valleys- every note just straight-line loud across the board.
Definitely more interested in picking this up now, after hearing the samples.
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That LP mix was noticeably more interesting. I only bought the FSM since I thought the LP mix would never appear. I'll probably fork over!
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I received this yesterday. It's been sixteen years since the FSM release, and these transfers show off how much audio processing has improved since then.
Jeff Bond rightly lauds the lauds the delicate harp, celeste and piano from "Taarna Prepares". I'd also add that the music from "Den And The Green Ball" (aka "Discovery/Transformation"), especially right after the transformation, with the three-note synthesizer figure, is also a subtle score highlight.
The way the low brass backs up Den's post-transformation synthesizer triads, and the woodwinds back up the harp, celeste and piano during "Taarna Prepares" really puts some emotional weight into those moments. Real Bernstein career highlights.
I'm proud to be a scoring nerd today.
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Speaking as a totally biased source, the LP presentation is one of the most magnificent-sounding score releases of the 80s and finally having it on CD is a dream come true.
Speaking as an unbiased souce, I agree.
I love that labels are generally releasing both album programs and complete score programs, because sometimes, the album program is the one you're in the mood for.
Cheers
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