to hell with the inane talk let's hear the goddam music

[Bax-of-Delights]

Completely in agreement!
However, sometimes there's no speech when it's needed. This morning, when doing my Christmas Day driving, I heard a complete abomination - a reworking of the sublime slow movement of Ravel's Piano Concerto. I was keen to hear the details (in order to avoid it for evermore!), but, when it ended, found it was a quiz. So I know nothing about the dreadful piece.
It did leave me trying to analyse why I objected so strongly to it: there are sublime pieces of Bach, for example, which are transcribed for all manner of instruments, with no problem as far as I'm concerned.
Did anyone else hear this ill-advised tampering with Ravel?

It was indeed Herbie Hancock and as Rob Cowan has played it a number of times before over the years it would appear to be one of his personal favourites.
As we know from recent experiences with R3 - there's nothing like a bit of recycling.

[Caliban]

Did anyone else hear this ill-advised tampering with Ravel?

Yes

I thought to start with that it was just a pianist engaging in some personal improvised meandering on the theme of the slow movement (Thibaudet or Hamelin or Hough occasionally try that sort of thing) - vaguely interesting but inconsequential. But then when the orchestra came in, it turned into a major, premeditated, misguided attempt to 'improve' on Ravel and I turned off

I suspect it was track 13 from this: http://www.amazon.com/Gershwins-Worl...t_mus_ep_dpi_8

I did quite enjoy reading amazon client Dihelson Mendonca's review:

This CD is a Masterpiece! You can also get, the DVD. It's shocking Herbie's interpretation of "Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In G, 2nd Movement", it's so funny, that even underwater we could recognize it's Herbie Hancock playing. I'm thinking about those people who wrote a bad review of Chick Corea playing Mozart what they would write here about it.

[french frank]

I did quite enjoy reading amazon client Dihelson Mendonca's review:

I liked groovedaddy's review (0 out of 11 people found it helpful):

"Being as how I have not yet heard this album, I can neither give it a good nor a bad rating.

Therefore...Three Stars."

Me? I think the same as groovedaddy ...

[Bryn]

I did quite enjoy reading amazon client Dihelson Mendonca's review:

I'm thinking about those people who wrote a bad review of Chick Corea playing Mozart what they would write here about it.

Indeed, one of my favourite Mozart concerto recordings on modern instruments: