David Stewart ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>What a stupid thing to do!  What is the point in arranging something for a
>medium which only augments the experience the person playing it?
>
>Berlioz was one of the best if not THE best orchestrater ever.  Surely you
>only lose some of the art by playing it on a piano.

Of course, but his arrangement was made in order to promulgate the
music: in the 19th century performances were hard to come by....

And let's not forget that Schumann's famous review of Berlioz' SF was
done, not from the orchestral score, but from Liszt's transcription.

Deryk Barker
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