Saturday, April 6, 2019

Worldwide perspective--from one source

Credit to conductor Peter Breiner and the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra for recording the "Complete National Anthems Of The World" series.  For reference, it's a good idea to have recorded renditions of each country's national anthem.  It's an ambitious project, however, with potential pitfalls.  I wonder if residents of some of those countries might listen and think, "They played the right notes, but that rendition is too slow (or fast, or academic, or overwrought.)"  Although it would have taken much longer to coordinate, it might have been better for each country to submit a recording of its anthem for the compilation.