RE: Horns and Opera music

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Posted by Hornlover (M) on February 10, 2011 at 08:34:37

In Reply to: Horns and Opera music posted by KanedaK on February 9, 2011 at 05:28:37:

Not just opera, but classical music in general. An eye-opener I experienced comes to mind. About 30 years ago, I had just gotten a copy of the Sheffield recording of Prokofievs'ballet Romeo and Juliet. I listened to it a lot. We then made a trip into Berkeley to see the same ballet performed live. I remember being amazed at how much the live orchestra sounded like the recording on the Sheffield disk I had. Horn systems are not perfect, but for what they do well, they do VERY well. Another recording I find very lifelike is West Side Story (the original 1957 cast). Most live recordings of orchestras and other live events are horn systems strong point. Nothing else can reproduce the dynamics or subtle shadings like a horn.

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Topic - Horns and Opera music - KanedaK 05:28:37 02/9/11 (16)

RE: Horns and Opera music - George S. Roland 12:50:25 02/13/11 (5)

Non-linearity of air - Inmate51 06:31:00 02/15/11 (1)

RE: Non-linearity of air - Hornlover 08:39:25 02/16/11 (0)

RE: Horns and Opera music - Hornlover 09:29:40 02/14/11 (0)

RE: Horns and Opera music - monday123 15:07:52 02/13/11 (1)

RE: Horns and Opera music - Wojciech 20:31:36 02/13/11 (0)

different listeners que on different aspec ts - Mr. Black 20:50:41 02/10/11 (2)

RE: different listeners que on different aspec ts - Inmate51 11:41:12 02/11/11 (1)

well... - Mr. Black 17:56:46 02/16/11 (0)

RE: Horns and Opera music - Hornlover 02/10/1108:34:37 02/10/11 (0)

RE: Horns and Opera music - Vince S 15:29:33 02/9/11 (0)

RE: Horns and Opera music - Inmate51 08:52:46 02/9/11 (2)

RE: Horns and Opera music - c3conv2 12:54:35 02/11/11 (1)

RE: Horns and Opera music - Inmate51 11:06:47 02/12/11 (0)

RE: Horns and Opera music - Don Reid 07:32:55 02/9/11 (0)

Good to hear...... NT - bcguitar 05:49:13 02/9/11 (0)

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