I see your point, but is that section of the score really THAT difficult? This is an honest question, as I'm only going by what I hear on the recordings that do include that section, and I haven't seen how it's written out.
At any rate, it has always seemed ironic to me that, since the primary, original motivation for the NY Philharmonic FOLLIES was to arrive at a complete recorded performance of the score, those involved were apparently so willing to change or cut sections of the score with the justification that "we won't have time to rehearse that properly." This would include the elimination of the mashup we're discussing here, the performance of "The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues" as a solo for Buddy (!!!) rather than including the two women, and even something so simple as having Arthur Rubin sing the "Careful, here's the home of...." verse of "Beautiful Girls" as a solo, rather than have the full company sing it as written. |
