CAROUSEL Waltz (Richard Rodgers) PROMS 2010

[fiddlesticks989]

Beautiful, just heavenly. I could listen to this over and over again. Rodgers was a master at writing waltzes. Thanks for posting. (And it's all about the music, of course, but surely the cutest conductor on the circuit?)

[cowgirlinla22]

Damn, this sounds perfectly like the one in the movie!! That's the version I love, I can't listen to any but the original!! Thanks so much for sharing!

[boxey24]

Fantastic, must even better to hear it live.

[StupidLamb251]

Whenever I hear this, I think of Jacques d'Amboise.3

[parkerppi]

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. Richard Rogers was absolutely brilliant.

[TheTylwythTeg]

Everything about this is gorgeous. Richard Rodgers' composition, the classy orchestration, the first rate playing, John Wilson and his joyous conducting. Just gorgeous. Wilson's enthusiasm is infectious and may I never recover from it.

(PS - I would urge those who are able to do so, to see this lot live. Boy, can they play!)

[MrDaiseymay]

@TheTylwythTeg I sure did--at St. Davids Hall Cardiff, just before Christmas. It was their final performance of their UK tour for 2011. MAGNIFICENT!!

[TheTylwythTeg]

@MrDaiseymay I was at the same gig! Magnificent, as you say. Blown away by the standard of playing.

[MrDaiseymay]

Utterly Fantastic ! BUT --where the hell is the DVD for this superb concert/ broadcast ??Despite writing to the BBC and John Wilsons management more than once each, both refer you to the other. It can only be either technical or legal problems. The Public would buy it by the millions--John Wilson is now a world-wide phenomenon. Pehaps the Company who owns the copywrite the this soundtrack music, fears sales loss to this rival version ??

[kepier47]

I love the music of Richard rogers who gave us one of the finest pieces of waltz music ever. the John Wilson orchestra's playing is sublime and John Wilson's arrangements are wonderful. All in all Im in heaven listening to this performance

[floydthatcrazylass]

Such amazing music, magical even.

P.s. I dislike that dislike *scowls*

[TIMABEV]

1 dislike? Crazy...

[ZelphKinderhook]

Truly one of the finest, loveliest pieces of music ever written!

[pointreyes6]

John Mauceri and the Hollwyood bowl orch did a much better job on this.

[sealforvr]

There's supposed be an air of manic mayhem and foreboding. Remember the story deals with spousal abuse, murder, remorse and ghosts.

[SimonHackett88]

@dsbottom They're trumpet players, not sound engineers. If you're not happy with it press ctrl+w and stop whining. Also, I hope you are a trumpet player otherwise you have no idea about how tricky this actually is and how much pressure is on when your sound is smack bang on top of everything else. Even if it is slightly too loud for your precious little ears.

[windstorm1000]

I hear the authentic tinny turn of the carousel at 1:20 onwards (percussionists what is this?)--really captures the flavor of the carnival. Though a waltz, this masterpiece has distinctively naive (and I mean that in the best sense), open flavored American tones. This version has a very colorful, juicy flavor to it--they've really captured the exuberance, joy and innocence of the carousel.

[hrslvr32]

This is so beautiful! I played this waltz with the Medina Symphony. The flute part is gorgeous! Richard Rodgers is the best!

[johnbarry007]

Bravo, the arrangement and orchestration are pretty spot on to the original soundtrack.

[matty4449]

I see a cheeky F# there at 1:36 on the xylophone! :)

[chrislukelily]

C'mon folks, wonderful performance, wonderful orchestra, and thank the Lord for Richard Rodgers.

[yannkees4]

DO YOU HAVE THE WHOLE PROMS 49 OF THIS ONE THIS MUSIC MAKES US ALL WANT TO DANCE

[madamerotten]

Richard Rodgers spoke to me in a dream last night, and he related that he found this performance to be magnificent, including the trumpets.

[pinintra]

Dedicato a Daniela S. in ricordo dei sogni della gioventù

[mouflette48]

excellent version, I like it very much

thanks

[dreamdisneyhill]

So THIS is what this song is supposed to sound like! Man our University FAILED when they attempted to play this. lol

[BernardProfitendieu]

@giantjamestcr2 nice try, but Carousel was 20th Century Fox, not M-G-M

[palmerdy]

I think you have gone mad. Listen to the original, this one by John Wilson is brilliant, very close indeed to the original and unlikely to be bettered. You may not like the original and that is fine but do not criticise this for being exactly what it was supposed to be - a replay of the original by R R as it was in the film.

[Isobeliswatchingyou]

Personally, I think the trumpets sound wonderful, as they do throughout the concert. This is the perfect sound this style of music in my opinion.

[plmac100]

Absolutely wonderful. I was in the Royal Albert Hall for this performance in August 2010, and it was an incredible experience. Apparently this was the first time the 20th Century Fox arrangement had been played live, in full, since the movie was made back in the 1950's.

[dsbottom]

This compostion/orchestration is magnificient. The orchestra is amazing. Why do the trumpets in virtually every orchestra/wind ensemble have to overblow? Trumpets always ruin a good thing! A trumpet can be a beautiful instrument but there are very few practitioners who make it sound absolutely amazing. Stop blasting and feeding your own egos! Listen to the musicians around you and blend. Damn!

[pottenendtpt]

@dsbottom your spelling is as bad as your views are. The Trumpets in the John Wilson orchestra faithfully capture the intense sonorous sounds made by the players in the Orchestras at Fox, MGM, Columbia etc..... This is one of the many features of the fabulous orchestra which sets it apart from the rest.

[dsbottom]

@pottenendtpt Have you ever heard of a typo? Have you ever accidently made one yourself? No? Well, then you are perfect and I bow down to you. It's really too bad that you can't accept criticism. Overall, I thought the orchestra was amazing, but sadly, the trumpets did not set this orchestra apart from others. They were either overblowing in some parts or the microphones were too close or not balanced properly. If you can't hear that, then your ears aren't trained properly.

[melodicsweepea]

@dsbottom I agree with you, the trumpets are indeed too showy. Good ears, good call.

[dsbottom]

@pottenendtpt 6:34...horrible entrance by trumpets.

[MrDaiseymay]

@dsbottom It's either your lugholes mate or your crap sound system. Everyone else thought it -PERFECT !!!!!!!!!!

[sadiepartington]

Haunting....absolutely one of my favorite musicals. I picked up my flute and softly joined in...oh my goodness! Transported through the music onto my own carousel horse....

What were Rodgers and Hammerstein thinking? Perhaps they placed themselves onto their own steed.....

There have been many musicals but R & H are truly magic. Maestro Wilson does a superb job with his orchestra. BRAVO! :-)

[chkjns]

@sadiepartington Comments like yours make my day (& make me teary eyed). Not enough people can appreciate the intricacies that make music so beautiful, & as you well say, truly magic! My channel of 800 playlists is a music library created for people like you. It covers over a century of worldwide music, & includes playlists for every year since 1900. chuck

[jbmanch]

A little fast for my taste for the first 30 seconds, but that's a personal preference. It has no room to truly "wind up" the tempo. From 1:00 it's truly glorious!

[anglotrash]

Absolutely amazing......

[macdunald1]

music like this has got to be for more than a spinning ride...what were they thinking?

[Wurlinut]

The Carousel Waltz the way it DESERVES to be performed. magnificent, amazing, awe-inspiring!

[abbafan999]

I agree, in fact the entire concert was at the polished level of this performance with excellent singers. I recorded it and have watch the whole show many times. Please put June on - another excellent film style arrangement.

[palmerdy]

I cannot disagree. The best performance since the original. John Wilson catches the mood and the enthusiasm of it all

[wlipman]

Magnificent. Positively magnificent!