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Recent Releases No. 72 (CD Reviews)
[…] a powerful performance that indeed offers glimpses both of the divine and of the existential abyss. The recording was pulled together from live performances by the engineering team from Soundmirror, the recording firm that Reference Recordings employs for their Pittsburgh releases. They do fine work. One of my other favorite recordings of this symphony is also on the Reference Recordings (RR-81) and also features the Minnesota Orchestra, this time under the baton of conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski (1923-2017). It is an engineering marvel, not quite as dramatic in performance, although a bit more flowing and lyrical overall. It certainly is startling to discover two such highly recommendable recordings of the same piece with the same orchestra on the same relatively small label. In any event, the Honeck release is something special, well worth an audition by faithful Brucknerians. Giorgi Mikadze Trio: Face to Face: Georgian Songbook, Vol. 1. Mikadze: Satchidao; David Toradze: Not Easy to Repeat; […]
2024-02-14 12:00:00
Gerald Fenech ardently recommends Skrowaczewski's 2016 recording of Bruckner's Eighth Symphony. '... full of energy and emotional visionary splendour ...'
2023-07-21 00:00:00
Mozart, Shostakovich & Weber: Orchestral Works (Stanislaw Skrowaczewski & Walter Klien)
Dmitri Shostakovich:01 - 04 Symphony No. 1 in F minor, op. 10 [32'01]05 - 07 Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op. 54 [29'02]Halle Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw SkrowaczewskiHalle CDHLL7506 [recorded November 1996 and 1997 for IMP/Pickwick but not issued; this CD issued 2004][digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]Recording venue: Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UKRecording engineer: Richard Millard; Producer: John BoydenDmitri Shostakovich:1.01 - 1.04 Symphony No. 5 in D minor op. 47 [47'55]2.01 - 2.04 Symphony No. 10 in E minor, op. 93 [51'37]Halle Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw SkrowaczewskiHalle CDHLL7511 [recorded January and November 1990 for IMP/Pickwick; this compilation issued 2006][digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]Recording venue: Town Hall Huddersfield and Albert Hall Bolton, UKRecording engineer: Richard Millard; Producer: John BoydenWolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 01 - 03 Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K.453 [31'25]04 - 06 Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K.595 [30'49]Walter Klien- […]
2023-06-30 00:00:00
Bartok, Berlioz, Britten, Bruckner & Elgar: Orchestral Works (Stanislaw Skrowaczewski)
Hector Berlioz: 01 - 05 Symphonie fantastique, op.14 [60'26]London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw SkrowaczewskiChandos CHAN8727 [recorded January 1989; first issued in 1990][CD-rip; flacs, cover, digital booklet and inlay scans]Recording venue: All Saint's Church, Tooting, LondonRecording engineer: Ralph Couzens; Producer: Brian CouzensBela Bartok: Works for Orchestra1.01 - 1.05 Concerto for Orchestra [39'20]1.06 - 1.10 Dance Suite [17'41]2.01 - 2.03 Suite from The Miraculous Mandarin [19'02]2.04 - 2.07 Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta * [31'17]3.01 - 3.03 Divertimento For String Orchestra [28'02]3.04 - 3.10 Suite from The Wooden Prince [24'42]Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw SkrowaczewskiVox CD3X 3015 [recorded 1976/1977 and 1982*; CD issued 1992][digital download; flacs. cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venue: Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, USARecording engineers: D Michael Shields and Marc Aubort*; Producers: Denis Rooney and Joanna Nickrenz*Anton Bruckner:01 - 17 Symphony No. 9 in D minor (Novak 1894 edition) [59'37]Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Stanislaw SkrowaczewskiReference Recordings RR81-CD […]
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