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February 27, 2010
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Since Geohominid has written so descriptively about The Bells, I’ll focus on the "Symphonic Dances."
The "Symphonic Dances" is my favorite orchestral piece by Rachmaninov (so that means I’m considering the “Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini” music for orchestra and piano solo). Unlike the popular ... more |
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February 22, 2010
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As usual, I'll be the lone dissenter on this recording.
My main main problem with the performance is that throughout it Jansons is awash in a sea of strings. He pushes the string section to the front of the balance, and while the Concertgebouw's strings are quite gorgeous, this comes at the ... more |
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December 21, 2009
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Thomas leads a big romantic performance of the 5th. While he never gets in the way of the music, he has few insights to offer -- it's a solid performance, but I didn't feel that I took anything new away from the Symphony. The only major gaffe of his is a bit of rubato before launching into the 5th ... more |
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October 7, 2007
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I have greatly enjoyed Jacobs' recordings of the two other Da Ponte opera for his creative reimagining of the dynamics and balances, as well as use of the continuo. Jacobs, though, began to loose his way in a recent recording of the 41st symphony where tempos were micromanaged for the sake of trying ... more |
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August 26, 2007
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This is not really a bad recording of the 4th, but it brings little to the catalogue.
Eschenbach's big 'innovation' is to play the first movement slow. And it's not just that the near 20 minute timing of the movement reflects its slowness -- it sounds and feels it. Everything is drawn out. ... more |
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Yesterday 10:17 pm
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| Well, a lot of orchestras were regularly recording their concerts for radio broadcast by the late '50s. They change, is that they started commercially selling the recordings in the last decade. ... more |
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March 12, 2010
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| Over-popular? ... more |
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March 7, 2010
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| Brahms: Piano Concertos - Fleisher/Szell/Cleveland
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 - Fleisher/Szell/Cleveland
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21, 23 & 27 - Bilson/Gardiner/EBS
Gershwin: Piano Concerto - no favorite performance ... more |
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February 28, 2010
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| Well, I believe that their location explanation. I do a lot of my ordering for all goods from Amazon, and so, I have Amazon prime. Depending on the distribution center where the goods are coming out of, shipping time can range from overnight to three days. ... more |
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February 26, 2010
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| Comparing people dying to SACDs.
You stay classy. ... more |
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