Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte
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Originally posted by ferneyhoughgeliebte View PostOh - absolutely; I'm looking forward to hearing it - I love "brisk & efficient"!
I would just add that the "hammy" comment arose from the fact that, after I'd stood up for maestro's choice of Litton's recording when others had suggested they didn't agree, maestro then decided to take the opportunity to rubbish one of my own favourites, telling me I couldn't hear what I've heard perfectly well for decades!
I like Litton's Rachmaninoff #1, too.
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Hammy? The Litton recording? You're kidding; understated if anything, and not in a bad way. You should hear the Nelsons, where the timp parts are way overdone (extra unmarked accents everywhere), just as an example.
Anyway, I'd like to track down the Rostropovich/LPO, which was how I first met the work and has some of the most satisfyingly rrcorded timp (Alan Cumberland?) and low percussion work I can recall.
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Originally posted by EnemyoftheStoat View Post
Anyway, I'd like to track down the Rostropovich/LPO, which was how I first met the work and has some of the most satisfyingly rrcorded timp (Alan Cumberland?) and low percussion work I can recall.
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Originally posted by Alison View PostYes that's a glorious version of Manfred, not well enough known really. Only available as part of a whole cycle. Tremendous grip in the first movement with percussion really nailing the coda. I'm sure that was Alan Cumberland on timps
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Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View PostNow that should be great to hear!!
It isn't really possible to guess what it would have been like listening in St David's Hall Cardiff, or appreciate Andrew Litton's conducting. One for Oxfam I'm afraid.
No doubt other boarders will find more to enjoy than I did.
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Originally posted by Ferretfancy View PostI'm not sure that any Carl Orff is great to hear, but I do enjoy Carmina Burana. I've just sampled the Litton BBC recording which dates from 2011, and for me it comes as a disappointment. Maybe it's my system, but everything seems to take place in an aural fog, especially when the chorus is prominent. Christopher Maltman is good, and you can hear his words struggling through the hollow acoustic, but the tenor Allan Clayton makes heavy weather of those high passages, and my favourite passage, 'In trutina' lacks magic as sung by Sarah Tynan. I could also ask 'Where is the sparkle in the percussion?'
It isn't really possible to guess what it would have been like listening in St David's Hall Cardiff, or appreciate Andrew Litton's conducting. One for Oxfam I'm afraid.
No doubt other boarders will find more to enjoy than I did.
There are better sounding Carmina Burana's out there but I enjoyed this, nonetheless, in the context of a live performance."The sound is the handwriting of the conductor" - Bernard Haitink
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Originally posted by EnemyoftheStoat View PostHammy? The Litton recording? You're kidding; understated if anything, and not in a bad way. You should hear the Nelsons, where the timp parts are way overdone (extra unmarked accents everywhere), just as an example.
Anyway, I'd like to track down the Rostropovich/LPO, which was how I first met the work and has some of the most satisfyingly rrcorded timp (Alan Cumberland?) and low percussion work I can recall.
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