Seemingly trivial things that elicit an emotional response of some kind

[First Aspect]

This has elicited absolutely no emotional response.

Presumably you find this hateful in much the same way as orchestral versions of pop songs make me cringe?

 

[briantrumpet]

This has elicited absolutely no emotional response.

Presumably you find this hateful in much the same way as orchestral versions of pop songs make me cringe?

Yup. Horses for courses. Equally I hate the Stan Kenton album of Wagner arranged for big band. I wouldn't mind if was a joke, but he wanted it to be taken seriously.

Actually, it's so bad, it's *almost* funny.

 

[AndyRM]

You'll love this then folks!


View: https://youtu.be/H6SssLxzg14?si=0BIaapDmDtT7WzdJ


(I genuinely do, but then I think Manowar are hilarious, in all the best ways.)

 

[Ian H]

Classical singers thinking they can sing jazz standards. Beurk 🤢

(For context, Barbara Hendricks applying her operatic vibrato to Gershwin.)

Nothing worse than a wobbly rhapsody.

 

[Ian H]

Yup. Horses for courses. Equally I hate the Stan Kenton album of Wagner arranged for big band. I wouldn't mind if was a joke, but he wanted it to be taken seriously.

Actually, it's so bad, it's *almost* funny.

I remember 'Switched-on Bach'!

 

[secretsqirrel]

Classical singers thinking they can sing jazz standards. Beurk 🤢

(For context, Barbara Hendricks applying her operatic vibrato to Gershwin.)

I’m with you on that. Just to check I had a quick listen ‘Summertime’, no hardship going on there.

 

[Pblakeney]

Nothing worse than a wobbly rhapsody.

We prefer our rhapsodies to be Bohemian.

 

[icowden]

Classical singers thinking they can sing jazz standards. Beurk 🤢

My least favourite in this oeuvre is Kathryn Jenkins. For those unfamiliar, here she is murdering "I dreamed a dream" from Les Mis

View: https://youtu.be/XJPySOWqTko?si=KDlfy6nIUEb_QCkM

 

[rakkor]

I did enjoy a bit of Tomita in my youth

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View: https://www.youtube.com/embed/IVvQQMrEUzQ?si=lfBhRnkMm1z7MNyO
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[First Aspect]

This is all your fault Brian.

 

[briantrumpet]

This is all your fault Brian.

Sorry. I feel quite emotional now.

 

[briantrumpet]

Actually, hang on a mo. Who started this thread?

 

[secretsqirrel]

Sorry. I feel quite emotional now.

So you should.
On a similar subject I would recommend looking up Purcell’s ‘Dido’s Lament’ sung by Jeff Buckley, it is on YT. It is such an astonishingly honest performance that having heard it I find the usual mezzo soprano renditions disappointing.

 

[briantrumpet]

So you should.
On a similar subject I would recommend looking up Purcell’s ‘Dido’s Lament’ sung by Jeff Buckley, it is on YT. It is such an astonishingly honest performance that having heard it I find the usual mezzo soprano renditions disappointing.

Whoa, the minute I clicked on this, on France Musique at that exact moment

Only one vowel, and indulgent. My favourite is



Just off to listen to the JB version. In a similar vein, worth listening to Sting doing Dowland lute songs. He's a remarkable musician.

 

[briantrumpet]

Nah, that didn't do it for me. Sorry. Lasted 10 seconds before I stopped it.