************ MULTICHANNEL DISCS OF THE MONTH *********** Two audio-only Blu-rays with four-channel surround and Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia. Ormandy – HDTT audio-only Blu-rayīy Audiophile Audition | | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews Orch./ Marin Alsop – Naxos 8.573518, 68:21 (8/12/16) ****: Prokofiev conceived his 1947 Sixth Symphony as an elegy of the tragedy of * BACH’s Greatest Fugues Scored for Double Orch. Two contrasting Prokofiev works of 1947 capture our attention through the ongoing series by Marin Alsop. 108 MUSSORGSKY: A Night on the Bare Mountain BALAKIREV: Tamara IVES: Hallowe’en – Montreal Symphony Orchestra/ Kent Nagano – Decca 483 0396, 69:26 PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 40 DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice DVORAK: The Noonday Witch, Op. 36 The Maid of Pskov (Ivan the Terrible): Prelude to Act 3 Scheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad’s Ship: take recorded Appendix: The Tale of the “Dance Macabre” = Works of ST.-SEANS, DUKAS, DVORAK, MUSSORSKY, BALAKIREV & IVES – Montreal Sym./Kent Nagano – Deccaīy Audiophile Audition | | Classical CD ReviewsĪ bit late for the holiday, this cross-section of Halloween symphonic poems features an excellent ensemble from Montreal. Mark Obert-Thorn restores one of the great wonders of Stokowski’s art, his brilliant and convincing versions of Rimsky-Korsakov’s scores. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, and other orchestral works – Philadelphia Orchestra/ Leopold Stokowski – Pristine Audioīy Audiophile Audition | | Classical Reissue Reviews, Special Features The four Rachmaninov concertos and Rhapsody could hardly be more “authentic” than those presented by the composer in lustrous remastering. Pristine Audio continues to amaze! RACHMANINOV plays RACHMANINOV = The Four Piano Concertos & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini – Philadelphia Orchestra – Pristine 2 & 4 – The Philadelphia Orchestra/ Leopold Stokowski – Pristine Audioīy Audiophile Audition | | Classical CD Reviews, Classical Reissue Reviews Finally, a baldly effective piece, attributed to Stokowski himself, based not just on a Christmas hymn but on Ippolitov-Ivanov's In a Manger.Stokowski Archive BRAHMS: Symphony Nos. The extra items also weigh in Serebrier's favour: an arrangement of a Tchaikovsky song that explores an astonishingly wide emotional range within a tiny span and the jolly Humoresque, a piano piece that Stravinsky memorably used in his ballet The Fairy's Kiss. If A Night on the Bare Mountain finds the Naxos recording rather less immediate than in the other items, the weight of the arrangement comes over well, and the Khovanshchina Entr'acte has impressive weight and clarity. The mystery of the chimes in the Coronation scene as well as the Death scene are more evocatively handled. The atmospheric qualities of the Boris Godunov Symphonic Synthesis come over superbly too, starting with a hauntingly rarefied bassoon solo, even if the recording catches the clicking of the keys. Yet Serebrier's new performance makes it very convincing with speeds well chosen and the brass wonderfully incisive. In fact – one of the most serious shortcomings – Stokowski omits two of the movements, 'Tuileries' and the 'Market Place at Limoges' on the grounds that they are too French. But with its weighty brass it is certainly more Russian. This Naxos collection of Stokowski's arrangements offers outstanding performances by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, brilliantly recorded.įew would claim that Stokowski's arrangement of Pictures at an Exhibition matches, let alone outshines, that of Ravel. Stokowski's orchestrations, as flamboyant and full of flair as his interpretations as a conductor, have increasingly been accepted and welcomed on disc, a good sign that rigidly purist attitudes have nowadays softened.
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