Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality) (Blu-ray Review)
December 8th, 2009 Blu-ray-au
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality) (Blu-ray Review)
Japanese sisters Yuki and Tomoko Mack tackle three great pieces by two iconic American composers.
American composers have been repeatedly confounded by the supposed difference between popular and classical idioms. Leonard Bernstein used to be driven crazy by the fact that his serious compositional efforts were routinely derided, despite their obvious craft and brilliance, because he had had the ?misfortune? to also delve into musical theater writing. Even worse, he had actually been successful at it, giving the world a slew of new pop music standards from such shows as Wonderful …
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Alexander Jero always provides an excitingly ambient aural experience with his Surround Records releases. One might wonder why go to the trouble of creating a DTS-HD MA 7.1 mix for a two piano offering such as this, but the results are for the most part quite pleasing. High range clarity is where this recording really excels, with a crystalline sound and excellent directionality between the two keyboards. The surround channels provide just the right amount of reflective hall ambience to convi…
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Final Words
The “Surround” experience may have been more immersive with the orchestral versions of both the Rhapsody and the Symphonic Dances, but of course hiring an orchestra is more prohibitively expensive than the two admittedly dynamic pianists featured here. Some Gershwin purists may be a bit up in arms over their Rhapsody. It has touches of brilliance and even elegance, but it’s too mannered for its own good and robs the piece of some of its American genius. Porgy and t……
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