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Author	Topic: Candyman

SEBULBA Oscar® Winner	Did anyone see at FSM that Philip Glass is releasing Candyman 1 & 2,officially. Only available through Amazon.com.
posted 10-12-2001 08:44 AM PT (US)

Wedge Oscar® Winner	Check it out here! There are FIVE free downloadable mp3s from the CD!
posted 10-12-2001 10:23 AM PT (US)

Lou Goldberg Oscar® Winner	There goes another bootleg I can't trade anymore......but glad to see it made available to everyone (including me).
posted 10-13-2001 10:37 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	F**k Candyman, lets see a properly recorded ITAIPU. ...please somebody! Anyone here who hasn't heard this?...BOY, ARE YOU MISSING OUT!
posted 10-14-2001 04:55 PM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	Timmer, what's wrong the the Shaw recording of Itaipu? Just wondering. I bought it after hearing it in the Mary Shelley's Frankenstein trailer, and was angered by the lack of the snares that were so important to the trailer version. I've since gotten over it and believe that Itaipu and The Canyon are great works (although it pretty much sums up Philip Glass in one disc). Shaun
posted 10-14-2001 05:55 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	Shaunster, there's some powerfull s**t on that album but it's so damn QUIET! It's not Shaw's or the orchestra's performance but the recording levels, it's on a par with Varese's old Final Conflict album, the whole thing sounds muted, after sticking your volume control on high for this one you really don't want to put on Arnold's mega-loud recording of The World Is Not Enough accidently without turning things down Glass repetition in this album is really welcome, the percussive build up in track 3 'The Dam' is goddam staggering and THE CANYON as Marian would agree has a strong Goldsmith'ian quality to it.
posted 10-14-2001 06:23 PM PT (US)

Shaun Rutherford Oscar® Winner	All right, man. I can agree with that. I'm glad you mentioned why it's hard to listen to under-recorded albums when you have regular-sounding discs in at the same time. Nobody ever understands that when I complain about not being able to listen to Snow Falling On Cedars, Unbreakable, or The Patriot. Thanks! Shaun
posted 10-14-2001 08:37 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Yep, as Timmer said: It has nearly exactly the same sound "quality" like the old Final Conflict. It's not just that it's mixed "lowly", but they seem to have recorded it too distantly or something. Cranking up the volume doesn't help, it still sounds like a cave - you get more reverb than actual sound. The other extreme are Shawn Murphy's recent albums, which sound incredibly dry. NP: By Request (Boston Pops Orchestra, John Williams)
posted 10-15-2001 09:14 AM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Good news! This is now available in the MovieMusic store for pre-order (copies are on the way), and several bucks cheaper than Amazon.
posted 10-15-2001 10:21 AM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	Since 'filmic' Phillip Glass came up, I have to highly recommend his opera, Akhnaten to Timmer and the gang.....it runs just over 2hrs., and is just incredible. Lots of low string ostinati, brass hits, absolutely gorgeous choral Hymn, not overly minimalistic, it's one of his first works beginning his more 'melodic-symphonic' style, when he began to abandon the Ensemble of amplified winds and keyboards. There are brief narration bits during the opening and closing, but they don't detract too much. Great 'action' finale also This is scored for strings(minus violins),brass, SATB chorus,soloists,limited percussion,no synths. Can't recommend it enough, and I hope someone else here may have heard it also.... NP:String Quartet No.2(Penderecki) Sean
posted 10-15-2001 12:01 PM PT (US)

Marian Schedenig Oscar® Winner	Can't say I have heard any of Glass' operas YET, but Satyagraha (sp?) just had a highly praised premiere in Austria (not in Vienna, so I can't go and see it myself).
posted 10-15-2001 02:48 PM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	Too bad you can't see that one Marian, as it is alos fantastic....not as symphonic as Akhnaten(written in '83), this was done in 1980, and Glass was still using the sound of the orchestra(in this case, winds,stings,chorus,soloists,keyboards)as a larger version of his Ensemble. This one is 3 discs, and minimalistic to the extreme...the finale,disc 3, offers some of the most poignant music I've ever heard, it's like one 40min. piece of gorgeousness and gorgeousity NP:The Grifters(Bernstein) Sean
posted 10-15-2001 03:30 PM PT (US)

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