I would be glad to have a new recording of this great score, if not just for Kristen (and the entire company, all having the time of their lives it seems with this truffle of a musical) but for the reason that the OBC sounds terribly mixed to my audiophile ears. Voices that sit very artificially on top of a flatly-mixed orchestra and very poor balance across the recording.
But the OBC does have wonderful performances. Hopefully a new one will do the audio justice so it's more pleasurable to listen to on a good stereo system.
Words don't deserve that kind of malarkey. They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good anymore…I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.
Updated On: 3/22/15 at 10:35 PM