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2022-07-25 05:26:00
Brahms: Symphonies 3 & 4 (CD review)
[…] too, that on this album we get an old-school conductor (Blomstedt was in his mid-nineties when he made this recording) performing with an old-school ensemble (the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is among the oldest in the world, dating back to the mid eighteenth century). The orchestra sounds glorious, as always, the Gewandhaus concert hall giving the sound a burnished glow that adds to the richness of the performance.Producers Renaud Loranger and Bernhard Guttler and engineer Rene Moller recorded the symphonies at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig in April 2021. There’s nothing reticent about the sound. It is big and bold, with good definition and impact. It’s in ordinary PCM two-channel stereo, but it has all the dynamics of Pentatone’s SACD releases. There is also a reasonable amount of depth and hall ambience to give the presentation a realistic effect. Quite nice.JJP
2022-07-18 05:27:00
Telemann: Viola Concertos (CD review)
[…] items on the agenda are another Overture (where the percussionist comes into his own), the Canonic sonata for 2 violas, two Fantasias for solo viola (wonderfully inventive), ending with the enchanting Concerto for 2 violas, strings and continuo. All of them are little gems, prompting one to see clearly why Bach and Handel and most of the classical world of the Baroque period so admired Telemann’s music.Producer Martin Sauer and engineers Tobias Lehman and Rene Moller recorded the music at Teldex Studio Berlin in July 2020. Harmonia Mundi has been recording period instruments for quite some time, and their practice pays off. The sound is smooth and natural, while providing plenty of detail. It’s perhaps a tad closer than I’d like, compressing a lot of the instruments into the center of the stage, but it’s a minor quibble that one quickly forgets. Besides, the solo viola parts benefit from the […]
2022-07-11 05:17:00
Brahms: Symphonies 3 & 4 (CD review)
[…] too, that on this album we get an old-school conductor (Blomstedt was in his mid-nineties when he made this recording) performing with an old-school ensemble (the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is among the oldest in the world, dating back to a founding in 1743). The orchestra sounds glorious, as always, the Gewandhaus concert hall giving the sound a burnished glow that adds to the richness of the performance.Producers Renaud Loranger and Bernhard Guttler and engineer Rene Moller recorded the symphonies at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig in April 2021. There’s nothing reticent about the sound. It is big and bold, with good definition and impact. It’s in ordinary PCM two-channel stereo, but it has all the dynamics of Pentatone’s SACD releases. There is also a reasonable amount of depth and hall ambience to give the presentation a realistic effect. Quite nice.JJP
2022-04-04 05:47:00
New Year’s Concert 2022 (CD review)
[…] paced, uncommonly relaxed lilt. Naturally, we couldn’t have a New Year’s Concert without the traditional closing: The Blue Danube waltz and the Radetzky-March. Barenboim’s Danube, it seemed to me, flowed a little lugubriously but maybe we can chalk it up to global warming. And the audience continues to have a good time clapping in time to Radetzky. So all continues right with the world, despite everything we do to upset it.Producer Friedemann Engelbrecht and engineer Rene Moller and Wolfgang Schiefermair recorded the music live for Teldec Studio Berlin at the Goldener Saal des Wiener Musikvereins, Vienna, Austria on January 1, 2022. This time, it doesn’t sound as though the engineers recorded the orchestra quite as closely as usual. There is a little distance involved, and a good deal of hall ambience, resonance, reverberation. This, of course, enhances the experience of being at the concert live. After all, most people will want […]
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