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Review by Oakland Yesterday 10:00 pm
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It is frequently standard operating procedure that when you attend a symphony concert in the San Francisco Bay Area a thoroughly modern work is sandwiched in between the compositions that you paid mucho bucks to hear. And while most often, the works are delightful you wonder out loud (speaking with ... more |
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Review by Beagle Yesterday 05:06 pm
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THE SOUND
This is good sound, the kind of instrumental clarity that one expects from SACD (although it lacks the precision of DXD and IsoMike, or even AliaVox and Water Lily): the instruments are distinct voices and very string-like. The sound stage may be somewhat narrow, and the venue perhaps a ... more |
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A regrettable tradition seems to have grown up that Dvorak's first five symphonies should be rarely performed live, and recorded less. One might just as well dismiss the early symphonies of Beethoven or Schubert as juvenilia. Dvorak began his symphonies at the age of 24 in 1865, and together they ... more |
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The Westminster Cathedral Choir is apparently the only professional Catholic choir in the world to sing daily Mass and Vespers, so their musicianship is grounded in worship as well as the professional training which they receive from their music director. Martin Baker, the present incumbent, ... more |
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This third instalment from Donaueschinger is a wonderful disc. Combining world class period performers with a contemporary music ensemble, DJ and electro-acoustic artists is a fascinating idea that is seldom attempted with such radical ideas or played with such verve. The period performers are ... more |
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