[78-L] Treemonisha

[Sammy Jones]

I read much of Rick Benjamin's liner notes (the 100-page booklet) last night 
on the New World website.  He writes that he's spent years studying period 
arranging and instrumentation techniques to prepare the restoration.  The 
versions from the '70s...well, sound like it!

I ordered the CD tonight.  Very excited to hear it.

I know Joplin made several piano rolls...any 78s or cylinders?

Sammy

> Yes, and it blows that one out of the water, historic-wise.  It comes with
> an ENORMOUS 100-page booklet in a hard cover, detailing everything you
> could possibly want to know about the work.  The performances on the old
> recording are more vibrant and heartfelt, but the new one is more accurate
> in performance style. I have both recordings.
> http://www.amazon.com/Scott-Joplin-Paragon-Ragtime-Orchestra/dp/B005WUOWR0/
> ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364997507&sr=8-1&keywords=treemonisha
>
> Dave Weiner
>
> On 4/3/13 8:25 AM, "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>>Different from the Deutsche Grammophon recording made in the 70s?
>>
>>dl
>>
>>On 4/3/2013 1:05 AM, Sammy Jones wrote:
>>> Has anyone heard the Rick Benjamin reconstruction of Joplin's
>>>Treemonisha?
>>> The recording is available from New World.  I read a good bit of the
>>>liner
>>> notes tonight.  Interestingly for collectors of 78-era music, the score
>>>has
>>> been orchestrated using Eleven and Pno., the standard American theater
>>> instrumentation of the early 20th century.
>>>
>>> I didn't know the thing had been finished!
>>>
>>> Sammy Jones
>>>
>>