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October 20, 2004
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At the time of each of the original releases, I remember thinking these were well crafted and elegantly produced pop records. Listening now, most of these tracks seem almost quaint given how music has changed. The chorus parts in some tracks are frequently out of tune, challenging any desire for ... more |
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October 13, 2004
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Recorded in stereo on January 23 & 24, 1955 in Symphony Hall, the great Charles Munch, leading the superb Boston Symphony and New England Conservatory and Alumni Choruses (Robert Shaw, director), gave us what continues to be the most completely realized performance the score may ever have. With the ... more |
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October 13, 2004
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It is a thrill to have the Saint-Saens performance on SACD in its original three-channel, unsurpassed performance glory. It is, for someone who has lived with this recording from the first vinyl release, a thrill beyond words to have it now in Super Audio. I recently heard this piece for during the ... more |
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July 5, 2004
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This is a beautiful sounding recording, with fine performances of Monteverdi, Della Ciaia, Carissimi and other gems of the early Baroque from the Netherlands Bach Society under the direction of Jos van Veldhoven.
In my ears, Channel Classics continues to deliver the most consistantly excellent ... more |
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July 5, 2004
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A generally good effort from Mr. Jarvi and his marvelous orchestra, while not particularly distinguished against the recordings of Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, or Jean Martinon and the Chicago Symphony.
There is no selection on this disc that has not been brought to greater life ... more |
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May 4, 2005
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| I do mean the Britten conducted version. As much as I also have enjoyed Hickox on Chandos, I do have a strong attachment to the composer's recording and the splendid analog sound. I see that Decca has offered a remastered version in 96/24 as they have done so with several classic opera recordings. ... more |
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February 1, 2005
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| My multi-channel SACD wish is for:
Solti's Ring Cycle
Britten's War Requiem
Mehta's Turandot
Karajan's La Boheme and Butterfly
Sinopoli's Gurrelieder
Charles Munch/Boston Symphony Orchestra Daphnis & Chloe (1961)
50's & 60's Film Scores in multi-channel 35mm tracks from
MGM, Universal, 20th Century Fox and Paramount ... more |
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April 14, 2004
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| I also vote for Solti's Ring. Can you imagine how incredible it would sound and the significance of it's SACD remastering? And, for that matter, can you imagine how Benjamin Britten's War Requiem recording would sound?
Let me also put in a word for the Knappertsbucsh 1962 Bayreuth Parsifal on Philips and Die Walkure with Vickers, Brouwenstijn, ... more |
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