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Faure / Durufle Requiems, Shaw, Atlanta SO, Telarc [cd]
I needed to raise the roof last night after a heavy work day. Set the volume for just below cataclysmic and let the Durufle rip. My word, what a performance and recording!
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Thanks for reminding me of this Jerry - haven't played it for ages . . . mainly go to Boult and Handley for Elgar.Quote:
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Oh and Gibson/SNO for this:
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Chandos ABRD 1077
Very good performances and stunning recording :eek: .
Page 100 :yay:
Yest-day ---
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on LP. Lovely performance, I do love Ferras' playing. :)
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LP again -- listened to the Mendelssohn. I often find the concerto a bit weak and watery, but Ricci injects sufficient passion and energy to make it interesting again!
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Lovely early baroque concertos and songs from a rarely heard master. :drool:
On CD, fantastic in-the-room sound quality, too.
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Both fab performances.
Both on LP.
It is positively scary how much better the LP sounds than the CD I also have of the 4th symphony. :doh:
-- RCA truly f*cked up the digital remastering.
Happens less frequently in classical, Jerry, but when it does it makes you wince. In the case of 1980s DG, I think they basically f*cked up the recordings so there is no rescuing them.Quote:
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Sat with the girls listening to this at the moment...
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Enormous fun, the Australian version of Peter & the Wolf (Peter and the Shark) is particularly entertaining. Great writing by Carl Davis. :)
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It's barely mid-Feb, but I'm confident this will be in my Top 5 new CDs this year, quite possible Numero Uno.
Just sumptuously scrumptuously gorgeous! :drool:
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And another glorious CD - quite Shostakovich-ian, especially the 2nd concerto. The 1st concerto is brim-full of marvellous melody and colourful orchestration.
Simply a fabulous recording of wonderful Russian music. :)
Monteverdi - Vespro della Beata Vergine, Savall, AliaVox [sacd]
Beautifully sung and recorded.
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That is such a wonderful recording! I think the way that they do the "Lauda Jerusalem" illustrates how different an approach they've taken to the whole work. Most recordings really hit the "lauda" hard; this one is silky smooth. As for the Magnificat; is there anything more perfect under heaven?Quote:
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