Klarinet Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 2007/07

From: "Doug Sears" <dsears@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Insanity in Macedonia
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:26:59 -0400

I finally got around to listening to the music cited, and I'm
flabbergasted! As a long time performer of Balkan music (mostly for local
folk dancers), I've always known of Tale Ognenovski's recordings. He's a
legend of Balkan music, with wonderful style and excellent technique. He
was the director of the state-sponsored radio ensemble for many years.

I agree with all the other posters, that the excerpt is truly awful. So
what's going on? This has absolutely nothing in common with the Ognenovski
music I know. All I can think is that someone has broken into their web
site and replaced the recordings with a joke. Trust me: that's not Tale.

--Doug Sears

"dnleeson" <dnleeson@-----.net> wrote:

> This is, without doubt, the most incomprehensible version AND
> performance of the Mozart concerto (by a midget from Macedonia)
> ever to have been conceived. There is, mercifully, only a brief
> excerpt of Mr. Taleognenovski in full execution, though some of
> you will have to buy the record to hear all of it.
>
> http://www.taleognenovski.com.mk/mozartcd.html

------------------------------------------------------------------