[78-L] Pagliacci set on British Columbia

[David Lennick]

I can't even listen to very much opera WRITTEN in English, but that's my 
personal problem with the stuff. Never understand how Britten, Menotti and 
Barber could create such beautiful music for solo instruments and orchestra and 
then crank out vocal vomit that sounds more like parody than the real thing. 
And that's not a flip judgment.

Yes folks, I called it vocal vomit. "Ballad of Baby Doe" is one of the few 
operas in English that I find listenable.

dl

On 12/5/2010 11:15 AM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
> I think operas done in English sound strange too, when the lyrics of the
> original music were written in another language.  (That's based on having
> recorded a couple of productions of a small organisation called the Longview
> Opera for KTPB radio (RIP) in Texas about 15 years ago, who did such as THE
> MARRIAGE OF FIGARO as opposed to LE NOZZE.....)
>
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Matthew Duncan
> <recordgeek334578 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> British Columbia records were 80rpm from the outset until about 1927 or 28
>> then
>> changed to 78rpm.  Some 80rpm records were available long after the late
>> 20s.
>>
>> Regards
>> Matthew.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Steven C. Barr<stevenc at interlinks.net>
>> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Sat, 4 December, 2010 3:19:19
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Pagliacci set on British Columbia
>>
>> From: "Glenn Longwell"<glongwell at snet.net>
>>> I had someone write to me through my website asking if I was interested
>> in
>>> a 12 record set in a binder by the British National Opera Company
>>> performing Pagliacci. He's located in the UK so shipping would be a bit
>>> prohibitive to get it to me in the US. What struck me funny about the set
>>> when I looked at the pictures was the speed was listed as 80rpm. Is this
>>> indicative of a certain time period for British Columbias? I only have
>> one
>>> British Columbia of that label type in my collection and just looked at
>>> it. Never noticed but it also says 80rpm.
>> Anyone interested in this set?
>>>
>> During the early-mid twenties, British Columbia cited their speed as 80
>> rpm!
>>
>> Steven C. Barr
>>
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