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Some hits and a miss (from an audio POV)
Recent finds:
CD: Music for Band by Percy Grainger Junkin/Dallas Wind Symphony Reference Recordings FANTASTIC interpretations of music by my man PAG. Jerry is, IMO, the best conductor currently working with wind bands. The sound is incredible. Corigliano: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan Falletta/Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos I just heard the world premiere of the wind band version of this important new work. It's really stunning music, if you like Corigliano, which I do. Fine sound. Corigliano: Circus Maximus Junkin/U of Texas Wind Ensemble Naxos An incredible piece of music, very well recorded, including the musket shot at the end. It must have been a real chore to record this, as there are players all over the hall. I was at the first performance, in Carnegie Hall 3 years ago. SUPER playing and EXCELLENT recording. LP: Toshiba repressing of "Let it Be" An excellent pressing of the Beatles' last release, sonically better than the original, IMO. Bramhs: Piano Concerto 2 Giles/Reiner/CSO Cisco rerelease of RCA LSC-2219 This is the first Cisco/RCA that I've heard, and it's very, very good. R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel/Death and Transfiguration Reiner/VPO Classic Records rerelease of RCA LSC-2077 Probably the definitive recordings of these works. Quality of sound about equal to the CD. Smetana: Ma Vlast Kubelik/VPO Speakers Corner rerelease of Decca SXL 2064 This is the "miss", I'm afraid. The sound is not good. As SC has done so well on other Decca recordings, the obvious guess is that the original tape is not good. Too bad, as the most important thing (the performance) is stunning. I recommend a pass, unless you really want the performance. |
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Some hits and a miss (from an audio POV)
On Apr 5, 5:03�pm, Jenn wrote:
Recent finds: CD: Music for Band by Percy Grainger Junkin/Dallas Wind Symphony Reference Recordings FANTASTIC interpretations of music by my man PAG. �Jerry is, IMO, the best conductor currently working with wind bands. �The sound is incredible. Corigliano: �Seven Poems of Bob Dylan Falletta/Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos I just heard the world premiere of the wind band version of this important new work. �It's really stunning music, if you like Corigliano, which I do. �Fine sound. � This sounds like my cup of tea. I'll search it out. Thanks! |
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Some hits and a miss (from an audio POV)
On Apr 5, 7:03*pm, Jenn wrote:
Recent finds: CD: Music for Band by Percy Grainger Junkin/Dallas Wind Symphony Reference Recordings FANTASTIC interpretations of music by my man PAG. *Jerry is, IMO, the best conductor currently working with wind bands. *The sound is incredible. Corigliano: *Seven Poems of Bob Dylan Falletta/Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos I just heard the world premiere of the wind band version of this important new work. *It's really stunning music, if you like Corigliano, which I do. *Fine sound. * Corigliano: *Circus Maximus Junkin/U of Texas Wind Ensemble Naxos An incredible piece of music, very well recorded, including the musket shot at the end. *It must have been a real chore to record this, as there are players all over the hall. *I was at the first performance, in Carnegie Hall 3 years ago. *SUPER playing and EXCELLENT recording. I've only head this on a tour recording, but, yes, it's quite a colorful piece. LP: Toshiba repressing of "Let it Be" An excellent pressing of the Beatles' last release, sonically better than the original, IMO. Bramhs: Piano Concerto 2 Giles/Reiner/CSO Cisco rerelease of RCA LSC-2219 This is the first Cisco/RCA that I've heard, and it's very, very good. This performance has had a checkered history on cd: the first issue on RCA was botched. I heard improvement on an XRCD but not enough to enjoy the string sound. R. Strauss: *Till Eulenspiegel/Death and Transfiguration Reiner/VPO Classic Records rerelease of RCA LSC-2077 Probably the definitive recordings of these works. Quality of sound about equal to the CD. Smetana: *Ma Vlast Kubelik/VPO Speakers Corner rerelease of Decca SXL 2064 This is the "miss", I'm afraid. *The sound is not good. *As SC has done so well on other Decca recordings, the obvious guess is that the original tape is not good. *Too bad, as the most important thing (the performance) is stunning. *I recommend a pass, unless you really want the performance. I have this work from Kubelik leading the Chicago Symphony on a mono Mercury Living Presence. That cd is hard to find, but there's a box set also available inexpensively in an mp3 set on Amazon. Stephen |
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Some hits and a miss (from an audio POV)
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, calvin coolidge wrote: On Apr 5, 5:03?pm, Jenn wrote: Recent finds: CD: Music for Band by Percy Grainger Junkin/Dallas Wind Symphony Reference Recordings FANTASTIC interpretations of music by my man PAG. ?Jerry is, IMO, the best conductor currently working with wind bands. ?The sound is incredible. Corigliano: ?Seven Poems of Bob Dylan Falletta/Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos I just heard the world premiere of the wind band version of this important new work. ?It's really stunning music, if you like Corigliano, which I do. ?Fine sound. ? This sounds like my cup of tea. I'll search it out. Thanks! Cool. Warning though: These are not settings of Dylan's MUSIC, just the words. The music is in Corigliano's musical language. |
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Some hits and a miss (from an audio POV)
On Apr 5, 6:35�pm, Jenn wrote:
In article , �calvin coolidge wrote: On Apr 5, 5:03?pm, Jenn wrote: Recent finds: CD: Music for Band by Percy Grainger Junkin/Dallas Wind Symphony Reference Recordings FANTASTIC interpretations of music by my man PAG. ?Jerry is, IMO, the best conductor currently working with wind bands. ?The sound is incredible. Corigliano: ?Seven Poems of Bob Dylan Falletta/Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos I just heard the world premiere of the wind band version of this important new work. ?It's really stunning music, if you like Corigliano, which I do. ?Fine sound. ? This sounds like my cup of tea. I'll search it out. Thanks! Cool. �Warning though: �These are not settings of Dylan's MUSIC, just the words. The music is in Corigliano's musical language. I'm a bigger fan of Corigliano than Dylan, which is why I think I would really enjoy it. |
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Some hits and a miss (from an audio POV)
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, calvin coolidge wrote: On Apr 5, 6:35?pm, Jenn wrote: In article , ?calvin coolidge wrote: On Apr 5, 5:03?pm, Jenn wrote: Recent finds: CD: Music for Band by Percy Grainger Junkin/Dallas Wind Symphony Reference Recordings FANTASTIC interpretations of music by my man PAG. ?Jerry is, IMO, the best conductor currently working with wind bands. ?The sound is incredible. Corigliano: ?Seven Poems of Bob Dylan Falletta/Buffalo Philharmonic Naxos I just heard the world premiere of the wind band version of this important new work. ?It's really stunning music, if you like Corigliano, which I do. ?Fine sound. ? This sounds like my cup of tea. I'll search it out. Thanks! Cool. ?Warning though: ?These are not settings of Dylan's MUSIC, just the words. The music is in Corigliano's musical language. I'm a bigger fan of Corigliano than Dylan, which is why I think I would really enjoy it. Great, I just didn't want there to be a misunderstanding! ;-) The lyrics are those of: Mr. Tambourine Man (in fact the full title is: "Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan") Clothes Line Blowin' in the Wind Masters of War All Along the Watchtower Chimes of Freedom Forever Young Just happens to be 8 of my favorite 9 Dylan lyrics! As an aside, the soprano on the recording (and for the premiere of the wind band version that I heard in Austin) is Hila Plitmann. She is the wife of one of my favorite living composers, Eric Whitacre. She has turned into a favorite of contemporary composers, not only because of her stunning voice, but because she also has perfect pitch and a photographic memory, so she can learn these difficult modern scores relatively easily. With lack of rehearsal time being what it is in professional symphonic music, those qualities are a real plus. |
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