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My press of the Varese has deeper bass than the Bay Cities.
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Brendan Carroll posted the following at the Korngold-society.org forums:
This project (with which I was involved peripherally) was a very brave undertaking by dear Tony Thomas, and by Carl Davis who is also a dear friend of mine. As I recall now (from the many transatlantic phone calls to me during the sessions) there were huge problems with the parts (most of the Irish battle was missing for example!) and so reconstruction took place during the actual sessions, with Mr Davis working through the night -using a video of the movie as a reference! I had many late night conversations with him about the instrumentation and he was 100% dedicated to making it as complete and authentic as possible. Ernst Korngold (who was alive then) particularly appreciated his conducting and told me how closely it resembled his father's!
Unlike the Morgan/Stromberg series, there was very little pre-recording preparation and it was a nightmare to do on a very small budget. In view of this, I think it turned out exceptionally well. Carl tried to reflect Korngold's tempi at all times and before each session would run the film sequences that were to be recorded on a TV monitor. If only he had been able to have a copy of the original optical tracks (that exist and are now on Tsunami, Membran and other labels).
As for the recording quality, I recall money was short so maybe the microphone set-up reflected that.
Anyway, I cannot post at the FSM Board as I am not a subscriber but anyone who is - feel free to cut & paste my comments to that thread.
And be glad that Mr Davis and Tony T made the effort so that we can at least hear the full score!
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Buy,buy,buy!!!!
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Thanks for copying the Carroll post. You might be doing him a favor if you let him know that it doesn't cost any money to register at this Message Board, nor does one have to subscribe to the now-online-magazine. Or am I mistaken about that? Obviously, it's been a million years since I logged in myself, so maybe there's something I've forgotten.
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Gee, he gives everyone credit except the people who REALLY made doing the recording possible - Bay Cities - despite the "small money" comments, it was a huge undertaking for us, and Tony and all Korngolds were most appreciative.
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That settles it! Don't let him post on this Board!
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Tar and feather him and run him out of town on a rail or, at the very least, rail him out of town on a run.
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Apr 26, 2016 - 5:21 PM
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CH-CD
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I just listened to this CD again for the first time in many, many years. No reason I hadn't revisited it, I just hadn't. After all this time away, I found it thoroughly splendid throughout! A wonderful score, a terrific performance, and the sound is just fine. (The cover art -- I have the Bay Cities version -- is pretty terrible, but who cares?)
I haven't bought a new CD in several weeks -- I'm sure that's just temporary -- and it's a pleasure to spend that time revisiting discs like this, neglected for too long.
Good work, Young(er) Bruce!
It is indeed a beautiful score, and a beautiful film. It was on TV here, only last week,
I haven’t seen it for years and thoroughly enjoyed it. With it’s sumptuous sets and costumes, rich technicolor and Korngold’s glorious score, it is a treat for both eye and ear.
Bette Davis is superb as Elizabeth and no one wore period costumes better than Flynn.
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What a funny old thread. BTW, I know this could be helped with a suitable remastering. Varese, on listening to their release, did nothing at all, not a single thing to the original Bay Cities mastering. The recording was digital and we're talking about digital before it was really perfected AND it's all live to two-track as I recall, with some editing. But the ears of James Nelson could probably do some pretty good magic on this for sure. If I still owned it I would do it, not that Varese probably has any idea it even exists.
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