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..,(Sir Colin Davis) is a wonderful recording, in my opinion. The sense of the hall's acoustics are wonderfully fleshed out - the soundstage is very wide and deep and it sounds as if I am in the seat I always wish I could afford when I attend a performance. Even some of those fantastic Reference-Recordings CD's do not surpass this CD for successful recording quality overall, I think. And, the performance is pretty unstoppable as well. It is worth a go...
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... as it is similarly brilliant. Not many recordings can sponsor goosebumps at each playing but this is one. We had some friends over last night and listened to Part 4 (includes the famous "Ride to the Abyss"). A hair raising performance from orchestra, soloists and chorus via Sir Colin Davis (and the brilliant engineering of Tony Faulkner) which left us all elated.We nearly have all the LSO CDs here now - the Bruchner is in the post. My music loving friend is also collecting and has been as impressed as we were at how quickly the CDs arrive after ordering from the LSO site. Hopefully they have rectified the bugs in their net ordering system by now.
John
Peace at AA
I totally agree. The LSO's Damnation Of Faust is fantastic, as is their Les Troyens. I've heard very few performances of Berlioz, live or recorded, that have really moved me; but the LSO recordings really push my buttons. I can't work out how Faulkner has made the sound so incredibly "spacial". During the Ride To The Abyss, when the horses startle the pilgrims, there's a very physical sense of the voices scattering, of the characters and music actually moving. I feel like a thief when I pay so little for these recordings.
.... performed at the Salzburger Festspiele? It caused a sensation in 1999 with some innovative and spectacular visuals, the meaning of some I have yet to fathom. The staging includes a cylindrical platform on which 4 Barco projectors played various images from time to time. e.g. during the "Ride to the Abyss" they showed galloping horses riding around the cylinder. Sounds wierd but you have to see it to appreciate the effect. Also brilliant singing.Actually it was "The Damnation of Faust" which seduced me into adding video to this audio system. My wife and I were fortunate to be at an Albert Hall London in 1989 attending a performance put on by Solti and the Chicago orchestra & chorus. They released it in laserdisc -> to collection of music LDs + some movies.
We now have 5 versions of "Damnation of Faust" - two on LP, one on LD, one on DVD and now the LSO CD. Superb work. I'm a real Berlioz fan and am also fortunate to have the LSO "Trojans", his earlier LP set + the Met laserdisc production.
The other LSO CDs of "Symphony Fantastique" and "Beatrice & Benedict" are equally brilliant. Great music to stir the soul. It all makes me feel so lucky to live at a time when such glorious productions can be enjoyed in the comfort of one's own home :-)
John
Peace at AA
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