Haines His Way

Gordon Ramsey always seems to have Beef Wellington on the menu on Hell's Kitchen.  It is a classic, I suppose.  I'm curious to know how one can tell if it's done if it is enclosed in puff pastry.

re: the new Annie recording:

I hate the "additional" new orchestrations - they turn the original pit band "sound" of Phil Lang into muzak.  Also, the Bratislava musicians play the notes on the page, but to me they don't have the sense of this style of music.  It just sounds "off" to me, somehow.  The child playing the title role is fine, but is none too subtle.  I dislike the singing voices of most of the other actors in the leading roles.  The choral arrangements  have been gussied up, too - and not always for the best.  When I want to listen to this score, I'll return to the OBC.

The booklet is done nicely, and it is good to have recordings on the supplemental disc of some of the songs for Annie 2.

re: the new Annie recording:

I hate the "additional" new orchestrations - they turn the original pit band "sound" of Phil Lang into muzak.  Also, the Bratislava musicians play the notes on the page, but to me they don't have the sense of this style of music.  It just sounds "off" to me, somehow.  The child playing the title role is fine, but is none too subtle.  I dislike the singing voices of most of the other actors in the leading roles.  The choral arrangements  have been gussied up, too - and not always for the best.  When I want to listen to this score, I'll return to the OBC.

The booklet is done nicely, and it is good to have recordings on the supplemental disc of some of the songs for Annie 2.

DCA - as in Disney's California Adventure - and at the time of the Facebook update, we were lounging in the shade having a beer and then switched to wine.