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August 5, 2005
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Another WOW! performance by MTT and the SFS!
The sonics are superb, as we already expect from this magnificent series. What is to talk about here is the performance - not only from the orchestra, but just as importantly from the conductor!
Mahler paints his music on the canvas of time much like ... more |
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August 5, 2005
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Do NOT buy this for the 1812! If you are familiar with the famous recording by Antal Dorati with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra (recorded in 1958!), then you will be disappointed with this one! Let's hope that the good folks at Mercury will soon grace us (as they did with Stravinsky's Firebird) ... more |
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August 4, 2005
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Mahler paints his symphonies upon a vast canvas, and Maestro Thomas is quite adept at presenting their richness with all of the colorful nuances contained therein. Listening to Mahler is like perceiving a huge mosaic of ideas and deeply human feelings. It is like reading Tolstoy - not ... more |
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August 3, 2005
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Jon Nakamatsu, almost a living legend among piano devotees in the San Francisco Bay Area and winner of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 1997, scores some very high marks for this remarkable recording.
Both the Piano Concerto No. 3 and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by ... more |
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August 3, 2005
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Now - here is a transfer that really works! These recordings are old (1959 and 1964), but the quality is superb! And under Dorati's deft hand, the performances are unerring and spectacular! (I am still waiting for a transfer of Dorati's justly famous 1812!)
Fireworks: Nice, though not one of ... more |
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