Worst looking CD/LP artwork

[Madiel]

I don't generally mind people on covers, but that one does make me feel that one of us needs to take a couple of backwards steps.

[DavidW]

I don't generally mind people on covers, but that one does make me feel that one of us needs to take a couple of backwards steps.

It is his smile... it is unnerving.

[71 dB]

Franz Joseph Haydn for 2 hands and 4... ...way what?   

[ShineyMcShineShine]

Franz Joseph Haydn for 2 hands and 4... ...way what?   

Haydn: Sonata a quattro mani ,,Il maestro e lo scolare" in F Major, Hob.XVIIa : 1. Apparently Ivanova is able to play pieces written for two players, a neat trick. Perhaps that cover title is the result of ESL, or maybe the designer was just distracted by her legs.

And why do uploaded images always appear twice?

[Todd]

Perhaps that cover title is the result of ESL

Read the back cover.

[ShineyMcShineShine]

Read the back cover.

"plays both primo and secondo in the sonata Il maestro e lo scolare"?

[ShineyMcShineShine]

What is she doing to that cello?

[Florestan]

What is she doing to that cello cellist?

FTFY.

[Madiel]

Franz Joseph Haydn for 2 hands and 4... ...way what?   

I see no problem.

This is hardly the first studio recording where somebody takes more than one part.

[ShineyMcShineShine]

I see no problem.

This is hardly the first studio recording where somebody takes more than one part.

I don't know what OP had in mind, but "for 2 hands and 4" sounds odd. Usually one would say "for 2 and 4 hands". I wouldn't have called it out as a worst, however.

[Madiel]

I don't know what OP had in mind, but "for 2 hands and 4" sounds odd. Usually one would say "for 2 and 4 hands". I wouldn't have called it out as a worst, however.

I think either wording is acceptable.

[ShineyMcShineShine]

I think either wording is acceptable.

It leaves me wondering "four what?"

[Madiel]

It leaves me wondering "four what?"

For a moment perhaps, but I think it's quite within normal English to not repeat the word "hands" again. You could say "2 hands and 4 hands" but I think it's reasonably common to use a style where it's assumed we are still talking about hands.

[ShineyMcShineShine]

For a moment perhaps, but I think it's quite within normal English to not repeat the word "hands" again. You could say "2 hands and 4 hands" but I think it's reasonably common to use a style where it's assumed we are still talking about hands.

Yes, but that's why one says "two and four hands". When I google "two hands and four" the results include Two Hands and Four Paws, Two hands and four drops, two hands and four hands, two hands and four fingers, and Real cat with two hands and four legs, but no use as seen here.

[Madiel]

Yes, but that's why one says "two and four hands". When I google "two hands and four" the results include Two Hands and Four Paws, Two hands and four drops, two hands and four hands, two hands and four fingers, and Real cat with two hands and four legs, but no use as seen here.

The fact that Google can complete the sentence with other nouns is no proof whatsoever.

One can of course say "two and four hands". One is not required to. I said what was on the cover was acceptable, you seem to be banging on about what is preferable which was never what I was interested in.

A person who was being sufficiently pedantic could find ways to misconstrue "two and four hands" anyway, because no single piece is for two and four hands. Not that the cover says anything about pieces.

[ShineyMcShineShine]

The fact that Google can complete the sentence with other nouns is no proof whatsoever.

It proves that the phrase you claim is acceptable is virtually never used.

[Madiel]

It proves that the phrase you claim is acceptable is virtually never used.

So what? Even accepting it proves such a thing, frequency of use is not relevant. A dictionary is full of rarely used words. And Google is not focused on the context of keyboard music. If you add the word piano at the front it readily offers information about 4-hand pieces.

As for rarely used meanings, apparently you used "yes" a couple of posts back to mean "no". I thought you accepted that the wording was acceptable, now you seem to be focusing on what I think as if you don't think the same.

[71 dB]

Haydn: Sonata a quattro mani ,,Il maestro e lo scolare" in F Major, Hob.XVIIa : 1. Apparently Ivanova is able to play pieces written for two players, a neat trick. Perhaps that cover title is the result of ESL, or maybe the designer was just distracted by her legs.

I know what the release is about (I'm not a moron believe of not  ), but the cover art texts could still be precise and informative.

Often non-English speaker are extra careful to get things right so I don't believe this is due to ESL. Being distracted by her legs is more believable explanation. 

I am not fond of the formatting of the texts, even if it is somehow grammatically correct. I made a "cleaned up" version:

And why do uploaded images always appear twice?

Because there is a bug in the forum software.

[ShineyMcShineShine]

I know what the release is about (I'm not a moron believe of not  ), but the cover art texts could still be precise and informative.

Often non-English speaker are extra careful to get things right so I don't believe this is due to ESL. Being distracted by her legs is more believable explanation. 

I am not fond of the formatting of the texts, even if it is somehow grammatically correct. I made a "cleaned up" version:



Because there is a bug in the forum software.

Now that I look at the original cover again, it makes even less sense: "Franz Joseph Haydn for 2 hands and 4". I think I had read it as "Franz Joseph Haydn keyboard music for 2 hands and 4", with my mind filling in the most obvious missing info. Yes, I now see your objection.

[Madiel]

Neither of you actually misunderstood the meaning of the cover. Your brain filling in the "missing" text was precisely my point.