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Post by julesd68 on Oct 15, 2015 12:00:04 GMT
Here's an interesting one - those chaps at the Vatican have allowed microphones into the Sistine Chapel for the first time! www.classicalmusicmagazine.org/2015/09/first-recording-in-sistine-chapel/DG made the recording, and I for one am very much looking forward to music specially written for the Sistine choir, including the 'world premiere' of the 1661 Sistine Codex version of Allegri's immortal 'Miserere'; music so precious that you could have been excommunicated for copying the work in the 17th century! Here's hoping for a vinyl release ...  |
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Post by Slinger on Oct 15, 2015 12:47:19 GMT
Now that's right up my alley, and me a recovering Catholic too.  |
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Post by MartinT on Oct 15, 2015 13:00:54 GMT
When is the recording out, Jules?
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 15, 2015 13:08:37 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Oct 15, 2015 14:56:56 GMT
Purchased! I prefer CD for classical, anyway. SACD would have been even better  |
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 15, 2015 15:30:58 GMT
Excellent, please let us know what you think ...
I've been told by DG that there are no plans to release it on vinyl at the moment.
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Post by MartinT on Oct 15, 2015 16:59:56 GMT
Sad, but DG are the same with SACD. Other more enlightened labels do support all media (interestingly, Decca do and they're all part of Polygram).
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Post by MartinT on Oct 16, 2015 13:14:08 GMT
Amazingly, I have the CD in my hands. Looking forward to listening to it tonight.
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Post by julesd68 on Oct 16, 2015 14:14:46 GMT
Now that's what I call service ...
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Post by MartinT on Oct 16, 2015 18:01:02 GMT
It's a very rich acoustic and quite reverberant. The decay is fantastic! The Allegri Miserere is wonderful with the space and air behind the voices a palpably large volume. Very well performed, it sounds as if they do this all the time, which of course they do!
A lovely recording, thanks for pointing it out Jules.
EDIT: I should add that this is not one for following the words or the ultimate in vocal separation, the acoustic doesn't allow for it. However, the whole in this case is greater than the parts.
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