Klarinet Archive - Posting 000917.txt from 2000/06

From: alevin@-----. Levin)
Subj: RE: [kl] Despised music?
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 14:49:41 -0400

Aw, come on! Sinfonia may not be great music; but its fun - and don't you
mean Lukas Foss? If I sound bewildered, its because friends borrowed my
copy 6 months after it was released and have never returned it.

At 09:02 AM 6/21/00 -0700, you wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> 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.
>>
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>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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