![]() In the years following his death, however, other conductors have increasingly taken an interest in performing his colourful arrangements. During Stokowski’s lifetime, his orchestral transcriptions were, for the most part, only heard when he himself conducted them. Leopold Stokowski was not only one of the twentieth century’s greatest conductors, he was also an inveterate transcriber of music for the symphony orchestra, making some two hundred orchestral arrangements of works which had started life in other forms. 6, Stokowski: Traditional Slavic Christmas Music 2, Solitude (Again, as before, alone) Op. Stokowski): A Night on Bare Mountain, Khovanshchina (Act IV: Entr'acte), Boris Godunov (A Symphonic Synthesis), Pictures at an Exhibition, Tchaikovsky (trans. Around the mid 1990's A&M created a number of safety copies of various A&M albums and this safety. Issued 2023 and from the 1/2-inch safety copy of the original master tapes. Peter Frampton: Frampton's Camel | Downunderman - July 6, 2023 ![]() More perceived depth, perhaps, but less clearly delineated. Helen Merrill: Helen Merrill | Longjohns and Wifebeaters - June 9, 2023Ī disappointment compared to the Japanese Polygram/Mercury PHCE-3051 "Rainbow Spectrum" 24/96 remaster of the same. It was a mid June release and sold out quickly at CD Japan, so I had to get it on Ebay, luckily for not much more than the CD Japan cost. Bill Evans: Trio '64 | Steven Harrison - Yesterday 08:50 pm Recorded in 1974 by VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin, German Democratic Republic and released on the East-German ETERNA label (3 LPs), subsequently. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium - Frömich | Adrian Quanjer - August 8, 2023Īn interesting release. Not an OMR and the MoFi website advises that for the vinyl they used a “1/4” / 15 IPS analog copy to DSD 256” as their source. Bill Withers: Still Bill | Downunderman - July 23, 2023 These Analogue Productions Steely SACD reissues are really the definitive version of these classic albums. Steely Dan: Can’t Buy a Thrill | Paul - July 4, 2023 They have added Suspicious Minds as a bonus track and given that this song is pretty closely. Mastered by Rob LoVerde and given the 'Original Master Recording' banner. ![]() Elvis Presley: From Elvis In Memphis | Downunderman - July 7, 2023 I too got the MoFi release (could not help.can we ever?), so it's fascinating to read your response, as I myself felt the AF version was a bit. Pictures at an Exhibition (arr.When in the Silence of the Soul - Rios Recent comments Warren Zevon: Excitable Boy | Longjohns and Wifebeaters - July 9, 2023 Stokowski)īoris Godunov: A Symphonic Synthesis (arr. If I wanted to convince a friend who doesn't like classical music to understand why I do, I'd play this disc for him.Ī Night on the Bare Mountain (arr. Stokowski's own recordings are not this good. I can think of no other medium, digital or analog, that would reproduce them as well. The bells and other novel instruments Stokowski arranged in this Russian music are all nicely recorded. The strings, already sweetened by the free bowing and lush writing, are sweeter than you've ever heard in redbook. The sound is huge! The bass whacks hit you in the gut, just like they would in concert. I can't think of another SACD that so fulfills the medium's promise. The recording succeeds for this reason alone. It makes me wish we had him here in Chicago, as our low key Barenboim is near retirement. Instead of trying to impersonate Stokowski, he appears to conduct from his own bravura, so there is no self-conciousness. Serebrier appears to be cut of the same cloth. ![]() Stokowski is a hard conductor to emulate because his personality is so large. Recordings like this are what consumers need to hear if SACD is every going to succeed. ![]()
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