adriano
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@ Dundonnell I do not really "complain" of reviews, I just realize and compare.
For your information, besides Ian Lace, following other authors reviewed Brun CDs on MusicWeb International:
Rob Barnett Rob Maynard E. Marshall-Luck Gary Higginson Philip R. Buttall Jonathan Woolf
That thing about Swiss sex life was in an article of "Fanfare" by Martin Anderson: A conductor friend of mine, looking through the scores of several Brun symphonies, reported that they were “typically Swiss – all sex and no orgasm,” and I have yet to find the Brun work to prove him wrong. I quote this in order to correct my previous assertion. I just wonder what he meant by "several" - since only Symphonies 2-4 have been published. All other are in manuscript form.
David Hurwitz in two of his "Classic Today" reviews: 1: Adriano clearly believes in the work, but then people believe in all kinds of strange things, never mind Fritz Brun’s Third Symphony. The sonics are fine, but it’s really a lost cause. 2: Brun’s spasmodic syntax must be as frustrating to the musician as to the listener. For penitential souls only (on Symphony No.9).
I read all kind of reviews with great interest and amusement and I actually never feel offended - unless they contain personal attacks. And I collect them just for the Fritz Brun archive - and my own :-)
This is a special case, a typical example of Swiss provincialism: A couple of years ago a (male/female) host duo made a presentation of my recording of Brun's Fourth Symphony on Swiss Radio's Channel Two. The gentleman started mentioning the orchestra and the conductor, then suddenly the lady interrupted, asking him: "Adriano?? Is he still around??" After having been informed with "yes", she chuckled and said "oh well...". And that was not her only chuckling. This encouraged me to complain at the Ombudsman's bureau - so the duo got a dressing-down by their superior. But in an e-mail, the head of department wrote to me: "One must accept the host's self-irony and, in order to keep our listeners with us, we need to use an entertaining tone. The important thing now is that you are satisfied, Mr. Adriano". Besides this, I also had complained that the arrogant duo had not even bothered to consult my booklet and had quoted from an erroneous Wikipedia article on Brun. My reply to the manager was a document quoting over a dozen scandalised mails I had received from friends and fans who had witnessed that broadcast. I think one just has to react sometimes to such kind of trash...
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