Hi everybody,
here’s one more piece that I recorded last year with the 100 piece Bratislava Symphony Orchestra. It’s called Pirate Waters and is a homage to the classic swashbuckling Pirate scores.
When we recorded this, we had about one hour of studio time left with the Orchestra, after two intense days of recording. Normally, you’d tackle a demanding piece like this much earlier in the session, but for several reasons, that wasn’t possible this time. I asked David Hernando Rico who was conducting the session, whether he thought the orchestra still had enough juice left for this piece, or if we should go with a slower, softer alternative I had prepared.
He smiled at me and replied, “Let’s do it!” — then walked straight out to the podium.
I was reasonably worried that this might end up being a waste of time — that the recording would sound like what it was: the final piece of the session, with everyone playing it safe and ready to call it a day.
But what happened next blew us all away.
The orchestra switched into hyperdrive and delivered a performance full of power, passion, and pure excitement. I’m incredibly thankful to each of the musicians for pouring their heart and soul into it and turning this into such a brilliant performance.
Here’s the recording synced up with the Dorico playback:
The piece is also available on all streaming platforms: https://song.link/piratewaters
Again, Dorico made my life incredibly easy prepping the score and parts for this huge line-up.
Robin