Thor 7,504 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 6 minutes ago, Jay said: What? What do you mean, what? 1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,361 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 It's an acapella song, there is no orchestra, it's just singers. So what do you mean by a "with choir" version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,504 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 The list was taken from a thread about dream concerts. As such, I would have wanted it performed with a full choir, nothing smaller. Same with "Two Lovers"; full choir needed, not just a small group of singers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,368 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 28 minutes ago, Thor said: Also an album featuring just a jazz ensemble rather than an orchestra, performing many of his early jazz compositions for film, tv and beyond. An album of a jazz ensemble just performing source music, that Williams composed for his movies, that would be actually quite obscure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 On 07/11/2021 at 3:36 PM, bollemanneke said: Okay, I'm finally going to listen to this soon. What's the consensus on it here? As far as I recall: Decent performances, good selection. Not as interesting as the Vienna (or Berlin) concert, because in comparison, the performances/interpretations are a bit "flat". Much preferable to the unstable Dudamel album though. Primary annoyment factor: The sound often seems off in a rather artificial way. Overall I liked it, but only listened to it a few times and had almost completely forgotten about it by now. It's nice to have a new recording of the Cowboys Overture, but ultimately, I don't think there was anything on this that I wouldn't rather put on in another version if I can choose freely. Miguel Andrade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 Listening now. If I could make one remark, I sometimes feel like I'm a little too close to the orchestra, particularly the percussion, but I'm LOVING Fawkes the Phoenix. The violins! And they finally sold the Azkaban suite to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxTheHouseelf 324 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Today they released the "Back to the Future Suite" from their new album "The Sound of Adventure" (coming in 2022). AFAIK they recorded Williams "Seven Years in Tibet" Suite and "Buckbeak's Flight" for this. Holko and Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Hmm. Not a fan of how a lot of it is played or mixed or assembled at all. The JW album set a real high standard for this orchestra and they're failing to live up to it already. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 26 minutes ago, Holko said: Hmm. Not a fan of how a lot of it is played or mixed or assembled at all. The JW album set a real high standard for this orchestra and they're failing to live up to it already. It's actually hard for me to believe that the brass section that so whiffs the BTTF3 western theme there is the same brass section that knocked the Parade of the Slave Children out of the park Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 And those counter-brasslines playing off the fanfare in the opening, sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyncMan 314 Posted December 5, 2021 Author Share Posted December 5, 2021 Chance to win a free copy of this album: https://www.facebook.com/236088363548029/posts/1235910253565830/ Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,075 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Entered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,361 Posted December 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 15, 2021 I opened up my physical copy today. Wowzers, this has got to be the absolute nicest physical edition of anything I've opened in a while! The hardback format is fantastic, I love it - if the specialty labels did this style for their most prestige scores, I wouldn't say no. Heck, I could see Disney Records doing this for Star Wars and Indiana Jones releases if they ever greenlight those. The 68 page booklet is really nice and very impressive! Liner notes by Basil Bohni cover Williams' career, each of the scores representing, the major soloists, and the City Lights Symphony Orchestra as a whole - in both English and German! And there are also nice quotes included (in English only) from Williams, Steven Spielberg, JJ Abrams, Chris Columbus, and Kevin Griffiths. There's also tons of nice hand-drawn art representing each of the scores, some the same as the art they used for the single releases on digital platforms, some different. It also lists every musician that played as well. Overall, just a great book. Listened to the first CD so far, and I really liked it. It's refreshing to hear new takes on familiar pieces, and every piece here has little differences compared to the versions we've heard a million times before. Real good. Will listen to disc 2 after lunch rough cut, Holko, Jurassic Shark and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,075 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 1 hour ago, Jay said: And there are also nice quotes included (in English only) from Williams, Steven Spielberg, JJ Abrams, Chris Columbus I guess these guys rarely say anything insightful in German. igger6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,361 Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 Disc 2 might be even better than disc 1! Even though it's only 35 minutes instead of 65, choosing to combine all the solo-centric selections together onto one disc turned out to be a really smart idea. It gives the second disc a bit more of an intimate and eclectic feel. And all the selections are really good! Overall, this is one hell of a cool release! Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,481 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 I know I've said negative things about the performances of this orchestra... But then, the CD popped out to me, when I was consulting the website of https://www.highresaudio.com. So I purchased it. I'm listening to it currently (yes, I'm still in honeymoon with my new headphones!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 The performances are fine. My main complaint is the sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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