I won't disagree (I enjoy it very much), but do note that it's a compilation ballet, i.e. all the music is cherrypicked from various Arnold works, it's not original in the least.
Also unfortunately it's only on CDR, at least the recording I know of.
I won't disagree (I enjoy it very much), but do note that it's a compilation ballet, i.e. all the music is cherrypicked from various Arnold works, it's not original in the least.
Also unfortunately it's only on CDR, at least the recording I know of.
Ran across this when it was offered as an hourly special (50% off) on the Chandos site. Like most of their releases, it's a fantastic recording, and as delightful a listen as any score I've purchased this year.
Next time there's a sale on the movie scores, I'll look forward to snapping up more Arnold.
So, gyorgyL ... are you proclaiming that John Williams stole a brassy motif from Malcolm Arnold?
Arrest that thief! Williams already owes some retroactive backpayments to Les Baxter.
On the other side of the coin, I am suspecting gyorgyL wished to shoehorn Star Wars into this thread to annoy Bill Carson.
What's next? Tall Guy shoehorning Shostakovitch into here implying that Malcolm Arnold's symphonies are inferior to the superior symphonies of his beloved D Shosty?
Ran across this when it was offered as an hourly special (50% off) on the Chandos site. Like most of their releases, it's a fantastic recording, and as delightful a listen as any score I've purchased this year.
Next time there's a sale on the movie scores, I'll look forward to snapping up more Arnold.
In the meantime, this one is highly recommended!
Don't have this one - have to get it. Hickox is a wonderful conductor. And you'll note the variations on a theme of Ruth Gipps - seek out her music - a truly marvelous composer she was.
Also, if you've never heard Arnold's A Grand, Grand Overture, written for the Hoffnung Music Festival in the 1950s - it's a brilliant overture for concert orchestra and vacuum cleaner.
On the other side of the coin, I am suspecting gyorgyL wished to shoehorn Star Wars into this thread to annoy Bill Carson.
Ha! Never fear, all roads lead to S*** W***. Its a fucking illness, i tell you. And the people who have it, dont know theyve got it
I could start a spaghetti western thread, a Marilyn Monroe thread, a Bond thread, even a Malcolm Arnold thread...and somebody would have to bring up S*** w***/Williams/Imperial march/darth vader/something ...from that overrated sci fi adventure that grown men obsess over of which i dare not speak its name... lol.
What's next? Tall Guy shoehorning Shostakovitch into here implying that Malcolm Arnold's symphonies are inferior to the superior symphonies of his beloved D Shosty?
Thanks to Bill for nudging me about this post. I think it was Evelyn Waugh who asserted that “comparisons are odious”, and I wouldn’t presume to state or even imply that Shostakovich’s symphonies are better than Sir Malcom’s. I don’t need to compare DDS with anyone, really. He hits the spot for me, that’s all that matters. Not to mention his seventh symphony arguably having a huge hand in defeating the Nazis. Yes, people, you owe your freedom to Dmitri!
In truth, I’m not hugely familiar with Arnold’s work, although I remember hearing one of his dances over 35 years ago and thinking it was one of the best melodies I’d ever heard. I may well take a few steps in that direction.
Anyway, thanks, Zards, for bringing up Shostakovich. He and Arnold were on friendly terms, apparently, having met in 1957. It’s perfectly reasonable that his name should come up eventually on this thread, even if only in jest.
So, gyorgyL ... are you proclaiming that John Williams stole a brassy motif from Malcolm Arnold?
Arrest that thief! Williams already owes some retroactive backpayments to Les Baxter.
On the other side of the coin, I am suspecting gyorgyL wished to shoehorn Star Wars into this thread to annoy Bill Carson.
What's next? Tall Guy shoehorning Shostakovitch into here implying that Malcolm Arnold's symphonies are inferior to the superior symphonies of his beloved D Shosty?
The ever so greatly fantastic David Hurwitz reviews Naxos' Box Set of Malcolm Arnold's Symphonies:
I find him repulsive and actually offensive. And he raves about every Naxos release because - they send him freebies and allow him to play the albums on YouTube. The Naxos symphonies are nowhere near Arnold's own performances on Conifer and Lyrita.
