Contratrombone64
Admiral of Fugues
I've just been listening to a recording of Anything Goes. A splendid one at that, London Symphony Orchestra with Frederika von Stade in one of the lead roles.
Porter's musical language and melodic sense is almost unbeatable, one fantastic melody after anther and VERY witty, even risque libretto.
The CD, which has fabulous booklet notes, mentions some interesting facts about the difficulty of those 1920s and 30s musicals. Namely, invariably not orchestrated by the composer (no surprises there) and often with unique musicians in the pit. In the orchestra one of the Reed Books the player's main instrument is the oboe but doubles (unbelievably) on English Horn, Bass Oboe and Celeste.
Porter's musical language and melodic sense is almost unbeatable, one fantastic melody after anther and VERY witty, even risque libretto.
The CD, which has fabulous booklet notes, mentions some interesting facts about the difficulty of those 1920s and 30s musicals. Namely, invariably not orchestrated by the composer (no surprises there) and often with unique musicians in the pit. In the orchestra one of the Reed Books the player's main instrument is the oboe but doubles (unbelievably) on English Horn, Bass Oboe and Celeste.
