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Has anyone listened to this album? Your impressions?
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Post by ww17vssk January 19, 2009 (2 of 3)
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sacd_fan_2007 said:
Has anyone listened to this album? Your impressions?
I got the album (as well as a few others) this weekend and haven't had much time yet to listen to it.
On first listening, I particularly enjoyed the medley of operettas by Johann Strauss II which includes melodies from 'Der Zigeunerbaron' ('The Gipsy Baron'), 'Eine Nacht in Venedig' ('A Night in Venice'), 'Die Fledermaus' ('The Bat'), and 'Wiener Blut' ('Viennese Blood').
With respect to the excerpts from Gounod's 'Faust', I wondered why they did not include the famous waltz.
While I thought that the climax in Suppe's 'Light Cavalry' is a bit slow, I've now seen that this track's time (6:21) is less than those by Paul Paray (6:26) and Neville Marriner (7:09).
I also liked the excerpts from 'My Fair Lady', which profit a lot from the often added countermelodies.
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ww17vssk said:
I got the album (as well as a few others) this weekend and haven't had much time yet to listen to it.
On first listening, I particularly enjoyed the medley of operettas by Johann Strauss II which includes melodies from 'Der Zigeunerbaron' ('The Gipsy Baron'), 'Eine Nacht in Venedig' ('A Night in Venice'), 'Die Fledermaus' ('The Bat'), and 'Wiener Blut' ('Viennese Blood').
With respect to the excerpts from Gounod's 'Faust', I wondered why they did not include the famous waltz.
While I thought that the climax in Suppe's 'Light Cavalry' is a bit slow, I've now seen that this track's time (6:21) is less than those by Paul Paray (6:26) and Neville Marriner (7:09).
I also liked the excerpts from 'My Fair Lady', which profit a lot from the often added countermelodies.
Thanks ww17vssk,
I also noticed that the 'My Fair Lady' arrangement did not contain "On the Street Where You Live". Anyways, I've ordered this album from JPC and look forward to listening as brass recordings on SACD are fairly rare.
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