Marshall-Hall symphony in C minor (digital orchestral performance)

[Martin Eastick]

I don't know if this may be of interest to anyone here - certainly the Marshall-Hall symphony would be of interest in its own right (the rest of the CD I can easily do without!), but I am definitely suspicious of a recording with "digital orchestra"! Here now is the opportunity for a REAL orchestra do do the honours! http://www.tallpoppies.net/ (TP255)

[sdtom]

fully agree with you. It's a synth recording.

[Mark Thomas]

The Adagio from this symphony has been available for several years now played by a real orchestra on a CD coupling it with Marshall-Hall's E flat Symphony.

[Alan Howe]

...available here, for example:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000026879/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

[sdtom]

avoid it

[eschiss1]

the synthesized performance or the Adagio coupled with the E-flat symphony? Which? "It" is not very specific.

[Alan Howe]

Presumably the synth.

[sdtom]

If you can listen for free go for it but I wouldn't buy it

[Martin Eastick]

The only value of this new recording surely is to encourage a "real" performance/recording of the C minor symphony. Certainly the adagio movement as featured on the Move CD whets the appetite - and I am really surprised that the complete work was not included on this recording bearing in mind a total of just under 24 minutes playing time indicated on the new synthesized version, would have meant a total CD length of still under 60 minutes if both complete symphonies had been included! Still, we can perhaps live in hope.........

[Gareth Vaughan]

I agree - and hope I shall live long enough to see that "hope" fulfilled.