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January 20, 2014
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Kaija Saariaho is very interesting modern composer: her compositions are mystical and colorful. "The Passion of Simone" is composer's second opera, and this, Esa-Pekka Salonen's performance is world premiere recording.
Dawn Upshaw is excellent soprano! I heard her recording of Gorecki's famous ... more |
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January 20, 2014
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Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story" is my favorite musical: there are many famous songs for example "Somewhere", "Tonight", "Maria", "I feel pretty", "I have a love", "Cool", "Mambo" and "Jet's song".
I can listen this again and again. This is Bernstein's only recording of this work, and I like ... more |
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January 20, 2014
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Einojuhani Rautavaara's Eight Symphonies are modern Finnish music's great cycle, maybe the greatest after Sibelius. Rautavaara's Third Symphony is composer's most famous symphony. It is neo-romantic, Brucknerian modern work. The whole symphony is very interesting: second movement's dreamy horn ... more |
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January 20, 2014
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Valery Gergiev's Tchaikovsky cycle with London Symphony Orchestra is good. First Symphony "Winter Daydreams" is this set's best performance. Third movement's tempi are fast, and last movement's coda is also fast, much better than Vladimir Jurowski's live performance (LPO). Second Symphony's ... more |
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January 20, 2014
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Mikhail Pletnev's Tchaikovsky cycle with Russian National Orchestra is maybe the best. RNO plays effective and beautifully. Third movement is very fast and finale's heartfelt thema is stunning. Pentatone's sound quality is stunning: it is clear, deep and very natural. This is marvelous release! |
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