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Change The Topic And Listen To The Panorama Soundstage CD
In the height of the 2004 Carnival season Sanch has released “The Panorama Soundstage”. It is well timed. The current debate in steelband circles is about the merits, wisdom even, of selecting Panorama finalists through competitions by band size – small, medium and large. “The Panorama Soundstage” indirectly addresses the controversy by presenting a mix of band sizes playing 2003 Panorama and earlier tunes.
“The Panorama Soundstage” 2 CD set shows examples of steel orchestras working to produce a soundstage (the apparent physical size of a musical presentation) that is aesthetically pleasing and engaging, while simultaneously allowing the listener to discriminate among various members of each family of instruments. In just over two hours you can hear thirteen different orchestras led by Exodus playing their winning 2003 Panorama rendition Pandora.
[eCaroh/Ron – January 2004]
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