Tuesday, February 3, 2009

THE GREATIST RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME

31."BOLERO"-MAURICE RAVEL-DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

A MAGIC SPELL UNLEASED UPON AN UNSUSPECTING PUBLIC.THE FRENCH
COMPOSER OF BASQUE DESCENT-"I HAVE WRITTEN ONE MASTERPIECE
AND IT HAS NO MUSIC" HE SAID.
AN EXERCISE IN EXTREME DYNAMICS FROM A WHISPER TO A
HURRICANE OF SOUND MARCHING IN A STEP OF IT'S OWN MAKING
SOUNDING LIKE NO OTHER.SOLDIERS TRUDGING THRU THE SANDS OF
EGYPT-NAPOLIAN SEEKING THE PYRAMIDS-ANTHONY SEEKING
CLEOPATRA-ALL MEN AND WOMEN SEEKING THE THE SECRETS
OF THE ORIGIN OF ALL LIFE.A SECRET NEVER REVEALED,YET PLEASANT
TO LISTEN TOO.,ESQUISITE AT TIMES,BUILDING TO A CLIMAX,THAT COMES
SO ABRUPTLY THAT THAT WHICH SEEMINGLY WOULD LAST FOREVER IS
GONE IN THE WINK OF AN EYE.DISAPPEARED,LEAVING ONLY IT'S
MEMORY AND MOOD OF MYSTERY.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-2009-COPYRIGHT-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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