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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4      General Discussion: New "COMPLETE" Scott of the Antarctic    FIRST   PRIOR   2 3 4       Last Post   Posted:   May 21, 2017 - 12:24 AM     By:   Ian J.   (Member) I think I might even prefer this to the Symphony. I already do. The symphony is good, no doubt about that, but this version of the score seems to satisfy more of my feelings for music, and film music in particular.    Posted:   May 21, 2017 - 8:22 AM     By:   cody1949   (Member) I think I might even prefer this to the Symphony. I already do. The symphony is good, no doubt about that, but this version of the score seems to satisfy more of my feelings for music, and film music in particular. I am in total agreement with the above statement. It will be listened to many times.    Posted:   May 21, 2017 - 6:43 PM     By:   dukeman   (Member) The quality of recording is excellent. The tempo is on the slow side. Still, a nice listen but doesn't replace the Chandos version, even with the extra music.    Posted:   May 22, 2017 - 6:58 AM     By:   Rozsaphile   (Member) I'll be curious to hear why people like or prefer the new version. Like most of us, I suppose, I came to the Symphony first, and it remains definitive for me. The film did not impress when I saw a lousy telecast years ago. (I need to see it again.) And while I was glad to acquire the Chandos, I don't recall that it added much to the overall experience. So what's new or revelatory here?    Posted:   May 25, 2017 - 8:06 AM     By:   pp312   (Member) Maybe my ears are playing tricks, but did I not detect at least one important (very dramatic) theme in the Chandos suite not heard at all in the symphony? I just felt that suite had an overall dramatic thrust quite missing in the symphony. Said this before but...having listened many times to all 9 symphonies in many different versions, the 7th is the only one that seems to me drawn out, the only one whose material fails to justify its inordinate length. It seems odd that VW should have removed some wonderful stuff from the 2nd, on what I would consider poor advice, yet left the 7th untouched. Does anyone else feel that the 7th limps a little in the foot?    Posted:   May 28, 2017 - 10:52 PM     By:   Amer Zahid   (Member) Looking forward to order this soon. Thanks to heads up from Erik Woods. I'am also glad to hear that the cd is in Multi-channel SACD format. Any reviews posted on line yet?    Posted:   May 28, 2017 - 11:41 PM     By:   haineshisway   (Member) The quality of recording is excellent. The tempo is on the slow side. Still, a nice listen but doesn't replace the Chandos version, even with the extra music. For me it replaces the Chandos in every possible way, especially sound. This is a fantastic recording with great detail. It's great having the complete score and I loved every single cue.    Posted:   May 29, 2017 - 12:01 AM     By:   Amer Zahid   (Member) The quality of recording is excellent. The tempo is on the slow side. Still, a nice listen but doesn't replace the Chandos version, even with the extra music. For me it replaces the Chandos in every possible way, especially sound. This is a fantastic recording with great detail. It's great having the complete score and I loved every single cue. This would be a new composer for me to discover as I'am only familiar with Williams classical recordings (not all I'll say) I'am going to order this along with the Chandos album which also has Coastal Command. I hope the SACD multi-channel makes for an indelible listening experience.    Posted:   May 29, 2017 - 12:01 AM     By:   Amer Zahid   (Member) Double Trouble    Posted:   May 29, 2017 - 12:13 AM     By:   .   (Member) For me it replaces the Chandos in every possible way, especially sound. I like both very much but I think the relatively diffuse and slightly weightier sound of the Chandos is particularly well suited to the atmospheric feel of most of the music. I'd recommend either as excellent, though I think the Chandos might get more plays from me over time. But I've only heard the new version via standard 2-channel playback (not SACD).    Posted:   Jun 3, 2017 - 3:14 PM     By:   Ian J.   (Member) I'll be curious to hear why people like or prefer the new version. Like most of us, I suppose, I came to the Symphony first, and it remains definitive for me. The film did not impress when I saw a lousy telecast years ago. (I need to see it again.) And while I was glad to acquire the Chandos, I don't recall that it added much to the overall experience. So what's new or revelatory here? I don't have the Chandos so can't comment on that. But this recording sounds like a film score, much more so than the 7th Symphony, and to my ears sounds beautifully played and recorded. The Chandos appears to be a single CD and as it has other stuff on it, then this release eclipses it as it is 79 minutes long. Some of this release's material is similar in sound, but it is all different, pretty much.    Posted:   Jun 3, 2017 - 9:10 PM     By:   pp312   (Member) But I've only heard the new version via standard 2-channel playback (not SACD). Don't know why, but I've never liked the sound of these SACD recordings in 2 channel. They seem harsh to my ears. Unfortunately I can only listen on headphones, and as I haven't as yet managed to grow a second head I'll have to stick with 2 channel, which I guess is how most people will hear these recordings. I'd be interested to know if anyone else finds them harsh. I now have several and all exhibit a similar characteristic.    Posted:   Jun 3, 2017 - 9:27 PM     By:   .   (Member) But I've only heard the new version via standard 2-channel playback (not SACD). Don't know why, but I've never liked the sound of these SACD recordings in 2 channel. They seem harsh to my ears. Unfortunately I can only listen on headphones, and as I haven't as yet managed to grow a second head I'll have to stick with 2 channel, which I guess is how most people will hear these recordings. I'd be interested to know if anyone else finds them harsh. I now have several and all exhibit a similar characteristic. I listen mainly on headphones too. I have several SACDs which I've only listened to in 2-channel, and I've not noticed any problems with harshness. The new Scott of the Antarctic does sound brighter than the Chandos version, but it is not harsh.    Posted:   Jun 4, 2017 - 8:14 AM     By:   Rozsaphile   (Member) Don't know why, but I've never liked the sound of these SACD recordings in 2 channel. They seem harsh to my ears. If I understand correctly (?), you aren't hearing the SACD layer at all via the headphone jack. Just the standard 2-channel mix. I love all my SACDs for their spaciousness, "air," and clarity. So glad that reports of the medium's demise are greatly exaggerated. Fanfare reviews many new SACDs in every issue.    Posted:   Jun 6, 2017 - 4:51 PM     By:   leagolfer   (Member) Looks a nice release, Well-done Vocalion.. Thanks, I don't have many Scott scores this will do nicely.    Posted:   Jun 6, 2017 - 6:42 PM     By:   George Komar   (Member) I love all my SACDs for their spaciousness, "air," and clarity. So glad that reports of the medium's demise are greatly exaggerated. Fanfare reviews many new SACDs in every issue. Sony, which has a monopoly on the chip required to read the DSD data stream from the SACD disc, has stopped supply of the chips. Play it safe, John, and buy a spare Oppo player.    Posted:   Jun 19, 2017 - 6:38 PM     By:   .   (Member) Those who have enjoyed this score in either the Vocalion or Chandos editions, might also like the fine Chandos/Gamba recording of the similarly atmospheric and powerful "The Conquest of Everest" suite by Arthur Benjamin. Perhaps Vocalion can give us a complete re-recording of that marvelous soundtrack too.     General Discussion: New "COMPLETE" Scott of the Antarctic    << < 2 3 4  >   Go to page:  1 2 3 4   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2 3 4

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