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2022-02-24 06:42:00
[…] the same emotion. [Though not through the same textures.] Mahler creates oil paintings, while Xiaogang Ye paints in watercolour. But the juxtaposition of these two pieces allows fruitful comparisons.”As far as the performance on the Mahler disc goes, in all honesty I would have to say that it is satisfactory, but not one for which I could work up much enthusiasm. There are simply too many truly excellent versions available such as Klemperer on EMI, Oue on Reference Recordings, and Haitink on Philips, to name just a few from my personal pantheon (the Klemperer recording, with singers Fritz Wunderlich and Christa Ludwig, is one of the transcendent glories of recorded music – but I digress…) to keep me from making a strong recommendation for this one. In short, it is okay, but there are better versions to be had.The main focus of interest for this release is the Chinese composition. […]
2021-03-07 00:00:00
Eiji Oue conducts Dominick Argento
Dominick Argento (1927-2019) Valentino Dances (Suite from the opera The Dream of Valentino) William Schimmel accordion Reverie, Reflections on a Hymn Tune Le Tombeau d´Edgar Poe (Suite from the opera The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe) Chad Shelton tenor Valse Triste A Ring of Time Minnesota Orchestra Eiji Oue Reference Records 2000 flac, cue, tags, log, scans How fortunate the Minnesota Orchestra is to have a composer like Dominick Argento as its “composer laureate”! He has written seven works for the orchestra on commission, and four of them are presented on this exciting CD. Two are medium-length tone poems adapted from his operas The Dream of Valentino and The Voyage of Edgar Allen Poe. The former adds accordion to the orchestra and is a sensuous, voluptuous, tango-inspired work that’s blessed with rich and colorful orchestration; the latter is moody and romantically crazed, building to an anguished […]
2018-09-25 14:00:32
The best recordings of Respighi's Pines of Rome
[…] can sometimes feel episodic, and yet at no time does the listener feel rushed. Yes, Dutoit’s ‘Pines of the Janiculum’ could be a little more perfumed and self-indulgent, but his brisk march up the Appian Way works a treat. Whereas others trudge, Dutoit’s Roman legion pounds toward us with an aggressive, Stravinsky-like menace. This is an army that means business, and don’t we know it. 5 composers with synesthesia Eiji Oue (conductor) Minnesota Orchestra (2001) Reference Recordings RR-95CD As a young man, Respighi went to study under Rimsky-Korsakov in Russia, and one can detect glimpses of the great man’s influence in the lush Romanticism of the ‘Pines of the Janiculum’ – a movement that also has a touch of the Impressionism of Debussy and Ravel about it. It is here that the Eiji Oue and the Minnesota Orchestra come into their own. In superbly recorded […]
2018-09-17 04:52:00
Ecosse Maestro MA2 Interconnect Cables (Cable review)
[…] Elliot Davis Some of the discs I used during the testing included the classical: Debussy: Orchestral Music (Haitink, Concertgebouw Orchestra. Philips); Handel: Messiah (Ohrwall, Members of the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. FIM/Proprius); Haydn: Baryton Divertimenti (The Esterhazy Machine. Smithsonian. FoM); Holst: The Planets (Previn, London Symphony Orchestra. Hi-Q Records/EMI); Mozart: Three Divertimenti for Strings (Marriner, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. FIM/Philips); Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 1, 2 & 4 (Mutter, LPO. JVC XRCD/DG); Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances (Oue, Minnesota Orchestra. Reference Recordings); and Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat (Ars Nova. HDTT/Westminster). Plus, an assortment of pop discs: Basie Jam (Analogue Productions gold/Pablo); Creedence Clearwater Chronicle (Fantasy gold); Jazz (Ry Cooder. Warner Bros.); Jazz at the Pawnshop (Arne Domnerus. FIM/Proprius); River Road (Eric Bibb and Bert Deivert, Opus 3); Slowhand (Eric Clapton. Mobile Fidelity gold/Polydor); Tango Tango (Viveza. Master Music XRCD); and Touch (John Klemmer. Mobile Fidelity gold/ABC/MCA). Finally, to the point, how did […]
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