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Tchaikovsky / Dvorak: Serenades for Strings - Davis | Adrian Quanjer - Today 01:55 am
Thanks Ubertrout, this is a most helpful and useful comment. Esoteric certainly do lots of people a nostalgic favour by copying and remastering their old damaged LP war ...
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Now that I've heard it, I must agree totally with the reviewer. The remastering is indeed revelatory, and confirms my long held opinion that the title song is the best track ...
Tchaikovsky / Dvorak: Serenades for Strings - Davis | Euell Neverno - June 13, 2018
Universal Japan has a redo of this recording out at normal price, BTW, although not DSD. Agree the Trondheim Solistene is indeed very good (in both stereo AND mch). And, yes, ...
Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie - Orozco-Estrada | hiredfox - June 13, 2018
Strange release for Pentatone as it was not long ago that they released the Janowski/Pittsburgh version. Plenty of main repertory left to record so why duplicate this hoary ...
Tchaikovsky / Dvorak: Serenades for Strings - Davis | Euell Neverno - June 8, 2018
The remix and DSD conversion may indeed make the sound more pleasing, but, obviously, do not add information that is not in the master, which begs the question, why pay that ...
Kleiberg: Mass for Modern Man - Jensen
2L 2L-136-SABD (2 discs)
Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid
Classical - Vocal
Ståle Kleiberg: Mass for Modern Man
Mari Eriksmoen, soprano
Johannes Weisser, baritone
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra and Choir
Eivind Gullberg Jensen, conductor
Ståle Kleiberg’s Mass for Modern Man is about the loss of existential meaning as an antithesis to faith and belief. The work commutes between these two extremes, and raises the following underlying question: Is belief possible for modern man? In this work, the answer is "yes"; not a resounding "yes", but a "yes" in spite of all.
The work is a large-scale concert mass for two soloists, choir and orchestra where Kleiberg's neo-romantic music commutes between the intimate and the grand.
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Comment by Desertpilot - February 19, 2018 (1 of 1)
I've always been a Ståle Kleiberg fan. This album is no exception. I am playing the multi-channel surround version. If you follow this composer, there are familiar melodies. Recording is excellent and makes good use of all channels. The soloists are quite good and the recording of their voices is excellent. The piece is meant to evoke emotions in the listener. Are you a believer? Does belief in God comfort you? The vocals increase the drama of the music and heighten self introspection.