Klarinet Archive - Posting 000067.txt from 2007/07

From: Fred <fred.sheim@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Insanity in Macedonia
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:54:58 -0400

I got so interested in this that I bought the recording. When I get
it I will let you know if the excerpt was changed.

I also bought his folk music recording to see how he sounds in his own genre.

Fred

At 11:26 PM 7/7/2007, you wrote:
>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
>
>
>
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