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December 8, 2005
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Romeo and Juliet is a total masterpiece - the themes seem to lodge in your brain and you can't get them out. As has been stated before in this forum and others Paavo Jarvi is not one to wring every last drop of emotion from a score, more staying on the objective side. Nothing wrong with that, but ... more |
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December 8, 2005
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The First Symphony has a theme in the first movement eerily reminiscent of one in Dracula (the one with Gary Oldham) - though of course the symphony was written 40 years before the movie! I agree with Castor that it also evokes the first movement of the Shostakovich 6th. - though it is a bit lighter ... more |
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December 1, 2005
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Bizzarely I was just going to log on and review this disc when I saw Beagle's review - thank God for democracy because I totally disagree!
These are some of Beethoven's greatest works - although people say his late stuff is more profound I have always found his middle period works more "human" and ... more |
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September 30, 2005
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Generally excellent performance somewhat bedevilled by an implausibly wide dynamic range.
"What" I hear you say, "this is how an orchestra sounds in a real concert hall!" I agree in a sense, except we have my old bugbear of being somewhere out the back of the hall, just like with the Hough Hyperion ... more |
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September 28, 2005
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These three sonatas are such radiant masterpieces - really, only Ravel's and the Beethoven 10 equal them in my opinion - that they are essential listening for chamber music afficiandos.
The openings of the 1st. and 3rd. seem to float magically into your room, though the 3rd. soon builds up a head of ... more |
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