Ulvi wrote:

>I kind of like Marriner's six-part ricercare with string-orchestra.  For me
>his CD of musical offering is a keeper just for that.  (Where else can you
>hear it played with string orchestra? Even Webern, whose arrangement is
>otherwise very tasteful, can't keep himself from throwing in the annoying
>ding-dongs and chin-chins.)

Those "annoying ding-dongs and chin-chins" are precisely what makes
Webern's version of the Ricercare Webern as well as Bach.  In addition
to its own artistic value it can help introduce people new to Webern to
his work in a context that they may find more friendly (i.e., Bach).

Aaron J. Rabushka
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