Topic: HANSEL AND GRETEL COME TO TOWN (Read 3698 times)

elmore3003 · « **Reply #30 on:** November 23, 2020, 08:08:56 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on November 23, 2020, 07:18:21 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 23, 2020, 04:14:44 AM
BK, I hope you got far enough into the H&G video to hear some of Anna Russell's Witch. I realized that I have the mp3 file for the film soundtrack that was released by RCA in the 1950s. It's 57 minutes long, so at least 15 minutes of the film were cut for the recording, but it catches the score well.

Interesting image there, because RCA’s short lived “SelectaVision” video disc was one of the most reviled formats ever. I wonder if that was the same poor transfer we’re looking at today.

That soundtrack record was on the RCA Camden label. Maybe I can find a good clean copy.

This was not the recording I had, but I could not find on Google the cover of my Camden release. It featured that wonderfully designed gingerbread house.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #31 on:** November 23, 2020, 08:21:48 AM »

Found it!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #32 on:** November 23, 2020, 08:27:35 AM »

Wow, that’s quite a difference! But what label is it? That’s not an RCA Camden. What is “X”? Is that an LP or a smaller kids’ record?

ChasSmith · « **Reply #33 on:** November 23, 2020, 08:28:29 AM »

That’s a great old style soundtrack jacket, no question.

John G. · « **Reply #34 on:** November 23, 2020, 08:37:48 AM »

TOD:

Beauty and the Beast
I was about seven when I saw the Cocteau film version, maybe my first foreign film. It was a game changer in terms of visuals. The wall of arms holding candelabras was amazing to my young eyes. Love the story and the animated version, but a good French remake in color.

Cinderella:
So many versions, but my favorites are the Rodgers and Hammerstein with Julie Andrews and Leslie Ann Warren as well as Slipper and the Rose. I really like BK’s compilation CD.

Hansel and Gretel
Not the action flicks, but the Humperdinck opera, the Barbara Cook TV version (I know it only from the score)

Pinocchio
The original story, the Disney, a live production I saw with an incredible series of puppets. Not the Stephen Schwartz musical.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #35 on:** November 23, 2020, 09:20:30 AM »

Well I have an appointment with Dr. Todd Taylor at 2 p.m. on Monday, November 30.

His nightmare is about to begin.

TCB · « **Reply #36 on:** November 23, 2020, 09:56:33 AM »

Oh! I forgot to mention last night that I tested negative for CoVid-19!

Ginny · « **Reply #37 on:** November 23, 2020, 10:06:58 AM »

Monday afternoon greetings! I slept late and then spent what was left of the morning finishing The Overdue Life of Amy Byler, a rom-com novel recommended by my friend Sharon. It was just what I needed.

Ginny · « **Reply #38 on:** November 23, 2020, 10:07:26 AM »

Quote from: TCB on November 23, 2020, 09:56:33 AM

Oh! I forgot to mention last night that I tested negative for CoVid-19!

Good news! Hope you're feeling better, DR TCB.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #39 on:** November 23, 2020, 11:00:52 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on November 23, 2020, 08:27:35 AM

Wow, that’s quite a difference! But what label is it? That’s not an RCA Camden. What is “X”? Is that an LP or a smaller kids’ record?

It must have been associated with RCA. Or did Michael Myerberg produce it himself?

John G. · « **Reply #40 on:** November 23, 2020, 11:14:06 AM »

Quote from: TCB on November 23, 2020, 09:56:33 AM

Oh! I forgot to mention last night that I tested negative for CoVid-19!

Reason to celebrate!

John G. · « **Reply #41 on:** November 23, 2020, 11:15:16 AM »

Quote from: Ginny on November 23, 2020, 10:06:58 AM

Monday afternoon greetings! I slept late and then spent what was left of the morning finishing The Overdue Life of Amy Byler, a rom-com novel recommended by my friend Sharon. It was just what I needed.

Lounging around with a good book sounds like just the thing.

bk · « **Reply #42 on:** November 23, 2020, 01:08:11 PM »

I'm up, I'm up - a little over eight hours of sleep and now catching up with everything.

bk · « **Reply #43 on:** November 23, 2020, 01:08:34 PM »

X, the label, was, at least then, owned by RCA.

bk · « **Reply #44 on:** November 23, 2020, 01:08:53 PM »

I listened to the Eichhorn a second time and it's just great.

bk · « **Reply #45 on:** November 23, 2020, 01:09:27 PM »

elmore, I did watch the entire video. I have another video on its way but not the Solti.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #46 on:** November 23, 2020, 01:17:57 PM »

Quote from: TCB on November 23, 2020, 09:56:33 AM

Oh! I forgot to mention last night that I tested negative for CoVid-19!

Well, that's really good news!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #47 on:** November 23, 2020, 01:20:21 PM »

Quote from: bk on November 23, 2020, 01:09:27 PM

elmore, I did watch the entire video. I have another video on its way but not the Solti.

I hope it's not one of these current post-Freudian Eurotrash productions in modern dress, which has less to do with Humperdinck and more to do with the director's psychosexual fantasies.

Jane · « **Reply #48 on:** November 23, 2020, 01:37:45 PM »

DR TCB I am glad you were able to watch the show, even with the unusual start.

Jane · « **Reply #49 on:** November 23, 2020, 01:39:16 PM »

Tom, I agree with George. Did you let Safeway know what happened? Especially bad was leaving it spread out on your front porch.

Jane · « **Reply #50 on:** November 23, 2020, 01:39:51 PM »

Quote from: TCB on November 23, 2020, 09:56:33 AM

Oh! I forgot to mention last night that I tested negative for CoVid-19!

Fantastic, and are your symptoms all gone?

Jane · « **Reply #51 on:** November 23, 2020, 01:40:42 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on November 23, 2020, 10:06:58 AM

Monday afternoon greetings! I slept late and then spent what was left of the morning finishing The Overdue Life of Amy Byler, a rom-com novel recommended by my friend Sharon. It was just what I needed.

It is on my list of books to read.

John G. · « **Reply #52 on:** November 23, 2020, 01:41:58 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 23, 2020, 01:20:21 PM

Quote from: bk on November 23, 2020, 01:09:27 PM
elmore, I did watch the entire video. I have another video on its way but not the Solti.

I hope it's not one of these current post-Freudian Eurotrash productions in modern dress, which has less to do with Humperdinck and more to do with the director's psychosexual fantasies.

Oh the mind reels. This could be fun. All sorts of sexual motifs in the gingerbread house. The angels could be nude except for their wings. The stepmother could be a slut and the witch a dominatrix. Or you could make Hansel and Gretel immigrants while the witch is a Karen.

Jane · « **Reply #53 on:** November 23, 2020, 01:43:16 PM »

My libraries still don't offer the book.

Jane · « **Reply #54 on:** November 23, 2020, 01:55:51 PM »

Speaking of the library....Just as I was finishing one book Connelly's" The Law of Innocence" became available.

Jane · « **Reply #55 on:** November 23, 2020, 01:56:03 PM »

I am now reading it.

bk · « **Reply #56 on:** November 23, 2020, 02:03:44 PM »

Back from the mail place and getting ready for the Zoom thing with Donald.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #57 on:** November 23, 2020, 02:04:06 PM »

Congrats to DR TCB on his test result.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #58 on:** November 23, 2020, 02:15:50 PM »

Quote from: bk on November 23, 2020, 01:08:34 PM

X, the label, was, at least then, owned by RCA.

And I believe I never heard of it before today. The things you learn on haineshisway.com!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #59 on:** November 23, 2020, 02:18:28 PM »

This afternoon, while doing a fairly considerable kitchen cleanup, I cranked up the Big Speakers and listened to the Met telecast sans video straight through. I didn't stop the cleaning, but I would just stop and shake my head at what I'm still calling some of the most beautiful music I've heard.

Which leads me to a digression, soon to follow...

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