Speaking of Pictures at an Exhibition

Post #374,263 by crazy 4/27/13 6:00:04 AM Reply	Speaking of Pictures at an Exhibition http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=P500LW2HNdE It mixes well with a chemical peak.
Post #374,376 by Ashton 4/29/13 7:38:31 PM Reply	Interesting.. provocative... (The Great Gate at Kiev theme (early-on) comes out more reminiscent of mid-Eastern bazaar/bizarre?) Unlike say, Switched-On Bach from Moog days, this is cross-pollination of ... of .. [I know-not the comparo.] I sorry, but.. the near-uniform sound-level eliminates the composer's (or transliterator's == Ravel) crucial nuance--that of dynamic range. And I do not get any add-Value via the words applied, given the original's so-very-Russian musical storytelling. ie being stoned mght make me, initially (until the random squeals) a tad more tolerant, but overall the experience -for me- is more akin to the time.. I had to sit part-of-the-way through that endless-piano-noodler guy, Chick Corea [sp?] (For me: he was far more guilty of that iconic too-many-Notes! quip by the Regent, in Amadeus. Actually: Too fucking!-Many meaningless notes == 'bar pianist noodlings' writ Large.) Anger.. is not a viable 'accompaniment' to a musical experience, ever! My style: once, with some decent rotgut + blue-flake, was listening with a friend to a Bach Invention. He turned to me at end of a slow progression through numerous key-changes, ^always ascending^ / never Resolved! ... said, Says, ..y'know, I think this is JS's definition of Infinity! And.. It Was. Guess I just can't mix Groucho-zany with M u s i c. (And may have become terminally innoculated-against any pleasure from what a transistorized guitar can be made to 'sound-like'. Y'know?) I try to Live here, but refuse to be assimilated.. into chaos-kultur.
Post #374,382 by Andrew Grygus 4/29/13 9:46:18 PM Reply	And, if the Ravel orchestration doesn't do it for you . . . . . Sir Henry Woods (founder of the Proms concerts) did a rather wild job of it a few years previous to the Ravel. Dynamic range? Yes, we have dynamic range!
Post #374,455 by Ashton 5/1/13 8:20:56 PM Reply	Thanks for the tip.. Alas, I have [yet..] precious little access to the (known-of, never mind those unknown Unknowns) vast small-collections of memorable performances extant. HAL-9000 prompted me (then) to fantasize .. WHAT. IF. a one could call-up! from the vast reservoir of ever-saved recordings (on down to: lucky amateurs present with a Uher Report-L with full batteries!!) WHENEVER one WANTS [???} SANS: the entire conspiracy to keep everyone Dumb as The Regulators, under the guise of 'paying the artist==poorly' {same exasperating deal re. med., chem., or now even bloody-PHYSICS current info.} And especially SANS: the hideous amount of sleuthing, dbase creation, translating of audio formats to get beyond ... the TRULY-SHITTY mp3-WorldPlague of originally-Crap Sounds on Crap-Lo-Fi. DIE M-fucking-P3 {{sigh}} Yeah, nevah hoppen. But with some $Ms, maybe a close second might be achieved: it would pay decent wages to the army of collectors/sleuths/processors needed. Just for a start at conservation (we are likely not to be around for that posterity-thing, anyway, given mind-sets du jour.) Meanwhile, the brain's near-total recall of some Fortunate Live events: still beats even a rack-full of Marantz-9s and all the absurd-$ Tags on the new Hi-End-for-Suckers mailing lists, I wot. (Do need to get transliterated -- for car player) the rare exc.-condition LP-set of Beecham / BBC Chorus / Columbia Masterworks: 'First Complete Recording' M2L-245 of MANFRED Music by Robert Schumann ... Text by Lord Byron (Sent the specs to Dan Reck, way-back; dunno if he ever snared a copy; 'what's an LP, anyway?', Sir.) One immortal masterpiece-at-a-time remains my realizable-motto. May (your own version) live long & prosper, too!
Post #374,381 by Andrew Grygus 4/29/13 9:35:00 PM Reply	If this mixes well with your chemical peak . . . . . you really need to rethink your chemicals.

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