florence foster jenkins! that was my first thought, when i heard sting and edin! but in contrast to sting i like florence foster jenkins and i am able to hear her whole disc. greetings wolfgang
----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Howard Posner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute@cs.dartmouth.edu" <Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 2:00 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: O Sting, where is thy death? > Yesterday morning, there was a segment on the CBS news show (I cannot > recall the name of the show), and they featured Sting and Edin > Karamazv. They had them in some form of a church or chapel for the > recording. This segment did not show much them singing & playing - only a > note or 2, but nothing in depth to get a feel of how they actually > sound. From what I could hear, Edin's playing sounded very strong, and > very modern strung (obvious heavy overspun sound). > > Most of it was done as an "interesting" documentary,and it did not mention > anything about Sting's approach to the music. Sting reaffirmed what he > has > said in his promotional material, that Dowland was the "first writer of > songs that we know of". The message of this segment was about how Sting > has always been haunted about Dowland, and now he has taken action on > it. It was all about his fascination with Dowland, not a documentary on > the music, approach to the music, or Sting's style. Of course, they also > had a history of Sting and all he has done. > > In terms of Florence Foster Jenkins, there is an excellent recording on > Amazon - see at > http://www.amazon.com/Glory-Human-Voice-Thomas-Burns/dp/B000003F97/sr=8-1/qid=1160999735/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-2987902-1552022?ie=UTF8 > It is called "Glory (????) of the Human Voice". Listen to the first > piece, > and you will know what I mean. It is pitiful, but hilarious. > > ed > > > > > > >>A few posters have complained about the miking on the CD. The October >>8 Los Angeles Times, which I just got around to reading today, had an >>interview feature with Sting, who said he wanted it to "sound modern. >>Most ancient music is recorded at a distance," he says. You're in a >>chapel or somewhere, and you hear it at a distance, almost 400 years >>away. We recorded this very close, so you're inside the lute, my voice >>is inside your head [Does anyone else find this concept a bit gross, to >>say nothing of painful and claustrophobic? Never mind...] There's an >>intimacy and a sensuality about that that I thought we could offer that >>hasn't been done before in this music." >> >>Either Sting has become an expert on the thousands of early music >>recordings available, or he has a penchant for unsupported sweeping >>statements that would would make Roman envious. >> >>I'm sure it's just a coincidence, but the a few pages away in the same >>LA Times issue is a feature headlined "Polishing the Art of Singing >>Badly," concerning a play about Florence Foster Jenkins (1868-1944), >>the wealthy widow who Wikipedia aptly describes as "an American soprano >>who became famous for her complete lack of singing ability." Wikipedia >>has a link to her famous recording of the Queen of the Night's >>second-act Aria, which, alas, my browser downloaded as a text file, >>perhaps exercizing its own artistic standards. I was also intrigued by >>Wikipedia's listing, among "further references," a link to "William >>Shatner's musical career." But perhaps this is getting just a bit off >>topic. >> >>-- >> >>To get on or off this list see list information at >>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > Edward Martin > 2817 East 2nd Street > Duluth, Minnesota 55812 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > voice: (218) 728-1202 > > > > >
