Just imagine yourself knee-to-knee with the lead sax player in a 21 piece jazz orchestra.
The MH40 is sorta like that.
"'REDNECK FRIEND'!"
Onstage, Jackson Browne smiles and shakes his head.
"'COCAINE'!"
"I could do that, but it would have to be the rehab version." [crowd roars]
"'FOR A DANCER'!"
Oh, waitI'm yelling that.
Judging from the pictures in the booklet accompanying these 14 CDs, Seattle's "green" Ring was quite beautiful. What we have to go by is audio only, but even without the visuals, it's very impressive.
Is there a movement toward de-monumentalizing the Ring? The Frankfurt Opera's (on Oehms), recently released on CDs and DVDs (different performances), is similar: the accent is on the behavior and interactions of those who inhabit the world of the Ring. The orchestral emphases are on transparency, not bombast.
The UrbanDictionary.com defines audiophilia nervosa (AN) as "the anxiety resulting from the never-ending quest to obtain the ultimate performance from one's stereo system by means of employing state-of-the-art components, cables, and the use of certain 'tweaks.' Although the goal is supposedly to achieve maximum appreciation of the music, those afflicted with this condition are merely obsessed with their electronics."
