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Title: The Legendary Scratch Orchestra
Review: I'd read about Cardew's "People's Symphony" and found it alive and well on this disc. The Great Learning is a riveting piece and is indeed an aural fossil of what must have been a Brontotherium of a live event. (It's inspired me to host my own event based on the Chinese "Lo-Shu.") The other pieces are by the gentleman who brought us the "Tubular Bells" of The Exorcist, and who does a rather muffled rendition of Kenneth Patchen.Of the two composers, Cardew's piece is the most compelling. This disc is worth five stars for the Scratch Orchestra alone.
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