Klarinet Archive - Posting 000855.txt from 2000/06

From: "Benjamin Maas" <benmaas@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Despised music?
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:09:21 -0400

> -----Original Message-----

> The most gawd-awful thing I've got in my record collection is the Luciano
> Berio Sinfonia featuring The Swingle Singers and the New York Philharmonic
> conducted by Berio. The reviews on the record jacket are a bit strained
> ("... a great many Philharmonic subscribers warmly applauded (to their own
> great astonishment, I am sure) ...") and another reviewer, quoted in
> Baker's, gives it the ultimate brief review - "It stinks."
>
> Then again, some people consider it a masterpiece. I've only listened
> through the 1st two sections, not wanting to go further.
>
> Mark C.
>

The later movements are the only ones I can really listen to... One (I
think it is the 4th) is a montage of pieces and there is not an original
note in it... As an undergrad, I spent a week working on finding all the
tunes (even after being told what was in there). The analysis that can be
made is incredible. To find how the tunes used relate is fascinating.

I've also liked the "O King" (second movement) that is a tribute to Martin
Luther King. Berio has a very distinctive style, but I tend to dig it...

--Ben

Benjamin Maas
Freelance Clarinetist and Recording Engineer
Los Angeles, CA
benmaas@-----.com
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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