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Post by julesd68 on May 6, 2022 11:35:30 GMT
I've been awaiting this mammoth recording of Strauss by Andris Nelsons for some time, partly due to the very silly number of 'singles' released by DG in their infinite (lack of) wisdom.
Anyway, what we have here is eight hours and thirty two minutes of prime Strauss Tone Poems etc recorded with two orchestras - BSO and Gewandhausorchester. So my expectations are high - you also get appearances from Yo Yo Ma and Yuja Wang. Nice. The only other work I would have liked is the VC!
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Post by MartinT on May 6, 2022 11:51:23 GMT
I'll take a listen to that Zarathustra. The string tone after the opening will tell me all I need to know about their playing  |
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Post by julesd68 on May 26, 2022 19:24:48 GMT
I'll take a listen to that Zarathustra. The string tone after the opening will tell me all I need to know about their playing  Did you have a listen Martin? |
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Post by julesd68 on May 26, 2022 19:25:12 GMT
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Post by MartinT on May 26, 2022 20:28:48 GMT
Did you have a listen Martin? I did. Nice pace, fabulous brass section, great timpani in the opening sequence. The string section sounds very good, too. In fact, I really like this performance, reminiscent of the superb Ormandy/EMI that isn't available on streaming. |
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Post by julesd68 on May 26, 2022 21:11:36 GMT
Did you have a listen Martin? I did. Nice pace, fabulous brass section, great timpani in the opening sequence. The string section sounds very good, too. In fact, I really like this performance, reminiscent of the superb Ormandy/EMI that isn't available on streaming. Fabulous, I had high hopes for this album and I'm really looking forward to hearing it on the system. |
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 5, 2022 14:32:30 GMT
Not a new recording, but new to Spotify is this wonderful recording on Linn by the Dunedin Consort of the Mozart Requiem, a 'reconstruction of the first performance'.
I bought it on vinyl when it first came out and loved it.
< Dunedin Consort presents the premiere recording of Mozart scholar David Black's new 2013 edition of Süssmayr's completion of the Requiem. It was named winner of the 'Choral' category at the 2014 Gramophone Awards.
This GRAMMY-nominated recording provides the opportunity to re-imagine what this work may have sounded like at its very first performance and won Dunedin Consort its second Gramophone Award. The recording is the first not only to use this new edition, but also to present the work using forces close in style and scale to those at the first performances. >
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 14, 2022 11:14:51 GMT
Any recording that the masterful Bertand Chamayou makes is worthy of your time, and this is no exception -
Messiaen - Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus
Teeming with deeply spiritual and reflective atmosphere - perfect for a late night headphone and whisky session.
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 17, 2022 22:10:45 GMT
Difficult to bring anything 'new' to this piece but certainly a fine performance of the Franck Sonata by Lisa Batiashvili from a forthcoming new album.
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Post by daytona600 on Jun 20, 2022 21:22:27 GMT
Henryk Szeryng - The Unreleased Berlin Studio Recordings
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 21, 2022 10:03:53 GMT
Just found that on streaming.
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 15, 2022 14:42:25 GMT
From a forthcoming HH album, she is irresistible in this Carmen Fantasy.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 16, 2022 11:14:32 GMT
What a load of unmitigated gak. Pass the bucket.   |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 16, 2022 19:17:26 GMT
I think I might have predicted it?  |
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 16, 2022 19:59:40 GMT
I've not listened to it of course.
But I did listen to his 'version' of 'Feed the Birds' from Mary Poppins. It was about as pleasant as high speed industrial colonic irrigation ...
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 22, 2022 13:22:09 GMT
A new recording on Linn of the ‘Pines’. Well reviewed, should be worth a listen MartinT  |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 22, 2022 14:28:12 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 22, 2022 15:26:49 GMT
Great.
Let us know what you think of performance and SQ please.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 22, 2022 16:43:28 GMT
The conducting of The Pines is just a little plodding and deliberate. Not as light on its feet as Lane and the Atlanta SO, my favourite version. The recording is OK, a bit homogeneous and a tiny bit distant, not as brightly lit as I might have expected from Linn, but there are no nasties. Now for the real black mark: where is the organ? This feeble effort will not do. The Pines needs that massive underpinning of deep pedals during the Catacombs section which the Atlanta provides in spades (typical Telarc recording). How very disappointing.
The Brazilian Impressions fare better and this passes muster.
On to Belkis, which has some stiff competition from the superb Chandos recording with Simon and the Philharmonia. It starts well with a good Persian feel (yes, I know the exact country is disputed). There is still that plod, as if Crudele's metronome is running a touch slow. On the Dance movement, the atmosphere is better generated but what's this? They're using timpani where arabic drums are called for? I can't listen to any more.
I feel that Crudele needs to study Respighi some more and come back to them in 10 years to try again. These are not lollipops and he has not done them justice.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 22, 2022 17:44:08 GMT
Excellent review, thank you Martin.
I suspect the timpani are most likely a reflection of the more sensitive times we live in ...
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