专辑名称：Beethoven or Bust
歌手姓名：Don Dorsey
唱片公司：Telarc
发行日期：1990年10月25日
专辑流派：Classic
文件大小：115 MB

This is one of the very first CDs I bought, way back in 1988 when it was released, and, as it turns out 18 years later, it's still one of my favorites. Why would a near-20-year-old classical recording -- of synthesized origin, no less -- continue to be a favorite?

Perhaps it's a bit of nostalgia. Perhaps it's my love of neo-classical that made me gush over this album nearly 20 years ago when it was fresh, and yet even today. Perhaps it's the fact that I can take this disc into my vehicle, crank the volume and get blown away by the bass in tracks 1 - "Rage Over a Lost Penny", 4, 11 - "Für Elise", and 12. Track 1 literally blew the sound coil off the cone of my subwoofer on one particularly enthusiastic playback. Perhaps it's the fact that this thing is pure digital (when DDD meant something) and sounded amazing when it came out -- and still does; it's a great reference disc for putting speakers through their paces. Perhaps it's because Beethoven was a musical genius and the appeal of his work transcends time and instrumentation. Perhaps it's because Dorsey is an artist and has masterfully translated these beautiful ancient works into something reverently (and occasionally reverently comically) modern. Perhaps it's a combination of all the above.

Dorsey succeeded in making classical music FUN with this recording! "Beethoven or Bust" complemented his previous effort, "Bachbusters" perfectly, even though the two composers' styles were so different. Oh, and it is apparently pretty solid stuff technically and stylistically -- "Beethoven or Bust" was #1 on the Classical charts for nearly half a year in '88 and the #2 album of the year, so the naysayers have some explaining to do. This is not just another "Switched-on Bach". A previous reviewer said that Dorsey has a heck of a sense of humor - you just have to read the liner notes to see that this is true!

Bottom line is you'll enjoy -- even love! -- this disc unless you're a die-hard classical fan that can't quite accept the shift of classical music into the electronic world. The irony of this situation is that most of the great ancient composers were on the cutting edge of music technology of their time and would undoubtedly have used synthesizers if they had them at the time. Buy this album. Denny Krane.

1. Rondo A Capriccio In G Major Op. 129: 'Rage Over A Lost Penny'
2. Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119: Mixed Bagatelles - Andante-Allegretto
3. Six Bagatelles, Op. 126: Mixed Bagatelles - Allegro
4. Seven Bagatelles, Op. 33: Mixed Bagatelles - Presto
5. I. Adagio sostenuto: Sonata No. 14 In C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ('Moonlight')
6. II. Allegretto: Sonata No. 14 In C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ('Moonlight')
7. III. Presto agitato: Sonata No. 14 In C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 ('Moonlight')
8. 15 'Eroica' Variations, Op. 35: Various Variations
9. Sonata No. 6 In F Major, Op. 10, No. 2: III. Presto
10. Six Ecossaises, WoO 83 (1823)
11. Fur Elise (Albumblatt) WoO 59 (1808)
12. Sonata No. 18 In E-FLat Major, Op. 31, No. 3: II. Scherzo: Allegretto vivace
13. Symphony No. 9 In D Minor ('Choral'), Op. 125, Mvt. 4: Ode to Ludwig

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