Others have recorded Buketoff’s arrangement, but none have been quite so musical as his own performance. Unfortunately the recording was sadly lacking in cannons and bells and when Pyotr says he wants cannons and all the bells of Moscow, he darn well wants to hear cannons and bells! That has now changed. Christopher Walken would be proud. Although Igor’s parents were from Mother Russia, Igor was born, raised, and trained in the good ol’ U.S. of A.
@@flossie1961 I considered modifying each cannon blast to sound different, but that seemed like an awful lot more work. Listening to recordings that do use different blasts, I'm not sure that it doesn't sound more "musical" for the cannon to be treated as a simple percussion instrument like a bass drum. What do you think?
I believe educated at the University of Kansas and Julliard. Eugene Ormandy requested, of Buketoff, to add the vocals to the Overture. He did not miss!
@@BigfistJP It says in the Wiki that Rachmaninoff asked Igor's father, a Russian Orthodox priest to assemble a choir to premiere his "Three Russian Folk Songs" also on this channel.
Thank you so very much for programming this performance under the direction of Maestro Buketoff. I had the good fortune to play this and much more when I was bassoonist in the Butler University Symphony orchestra directed in that era by Igor Buketoff. He literally commuted once a week from Ft. Wayne Indiana, where he was conductor of that city's Philharmonic Orchestra, to Indianapolis for our practices. Dr. Howell C. Lloyd
There are several others that have performed the Buketoff arrangement, but they pale in comparison. There was a release of this recording in the early days of CDs and it had even worse sound this flimsy vinyl version. I wonder if the master tapes still exist and what the sound on it is like. It still won't make up for the all of the ballyhoo on the cover and then ending up with such anemic cannon and bells.
I always list my source that I work from. Yes, this was from the original LP instead of the really poor CD re-issue. The cannons and bells are from the mono Mercury Dorati. Wow, I wonder what the quad tape sounded like!!! I have heard several open reels from the era and they blew the sound away from what was on the LPs. What was the quad mix like?
@@GlensAudioRestoration Alas, I’ve not heard it in quad. I bought in a large lot of tapes, but don’t have a quad player. Those CAN be played on the 2-track player, but I don’t have that either….only 4-track. I ended up selling the tape for a rather good profit on ebay. I agree, the CD issue, which I have, doesn’t sound at all. This makes your mastering all the more welcome.
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Others have recorded Buketoff’s arrangement, but none have been quite so musical as his own performance. Unfortunately the recording was sadly lacking in cannons and bells and when Pyotr says he wants cannons and all the bells of Moscow, he darn well wants to hear cannons and bells! That has now changed. Christopher Walken would be proud.
Although Igor’s parents were from Mother Russia, Igor was born, raised, and trained in the good ol’ U.S. of A.
It was always a phenomenal interpretation, and you have done it proud sir. Incredible, and thanks
@@flossie1961 I considered modifying each cannon blast to sound different, but that seemed like an awful lot more work. Listening to recordings that do use different blasts, I'm not sure that it doesn't sound more "musical" for the cannon to be treated as a simple percussion instrument like a bass drum. What do you think?
I believe educated at the University of Kansas and Julliard. Eugene Ormandy requested, of Buketoff, to add the vocals to the Overture. He did not miss!
@@BigfistJP It says in the Wiki that Rachmaninoff asked Igor's father, a Russian Orthodox priest to assemble a choir to premiere his "Three Russian Folk Songs" also on this channel.
Thank you so very much for programming this performance under the direction of Maestro Buketoff. I had the good fortune to play this and much more when I was bassoonist in the Butler University Symphony orchestra directed in that era by Igor Buketoff. He literally commuted once a week from Ft. Wayne Indiana, where he was conductor of that city's Philharmonic Orchestra, to Indianapolis for our practices.
Dr. Howell C. Lloyd
This is the ABSOLUTE BEST! LOVE IT! I'm so grateful you've restored and posted this.
There are several others that have performed the Buketoff arrangement, but they pale in comparison.
There was a release of this recording in the early days of CDs and it had even worse sound this flimsy vinyl version. I wonder if the master tapes still exist and what the sound on it is like. It still won't make up for the all of the ballyhoo on the cover and then ending up with such anemic cannon and bells.
I have this on LP, given to me by an old friend. Love it
Certainly the most musical version ever recorded. Not just a walk through of the score waiting for the end so you can make a lot of noise.
Thank you,this version is amazing!!!
Yeah, that's pretty impressive.
Well done! I assume you mastered this from LP? It was also issued on a quadraphonic open reel tape.
I always list my source that I work from. Yes, this was from the original LP instead of the really poor CD re-issue. The cannons and bells are from the mono Mercury Dorati. Wow, I wonder what the quad tape sounded like!!! I have heard several open reels from the era and they blew the sound away from what was on the LPs. What was the quad mix like?
@@GlensAudioRestoration Alas, I’ve not heard it in quad. I bought in a large lot of tapes, but don’t have a quad player. Those CAN be played on the 2-track player, but I don’t have that either….only 4-track. I ended up selling the tape for a rather good profit on ebay. I agree, the CD issue, which I have, doesn’t sound at all. This makes your mastering all the more welcome.
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