In Reply to: Really? But he's so wrong! ;-) posted by Chris from Lafayette on October 22, 2016 at 21:07:25:
Maybe I'm earvulating today and more favorably disposed to advances of the musical sort, but Fischer's take is instantly more weighty, driven, transparent and involving than Litton's.
Fischer's Dance of the Earth caps the first tableau the way it should, (Litton's is anti-climactic, neither weighty or particularly transparent), and Fischer is blessedly unfussy throughout.
Until Boulez and Stravinsky's old Columbia recordings are resurrected in hi-res, I'll be enjoying the Channel recording.
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Follow Ups
- Eh, moot point. Listening to Fischer's Rite on Channel - jdaniel@jps.net 13:41:49 10/23/16 (21)
- Fischer's Rite is up for streaming on TIDAL... - Ivan303 18:12:51 10/23/16 (20)
- Did I mention they mixed up the 2nd Track with Ligeti? - jdaniel@jps.net 18:35:04 10/23/16 (19)
- Great recording... - Ivan303 20:04:25 10/23/16 (18)
- I've had the Fischer SACD for years - Chris from Lafayette 01:12:56 10/24/16 (17)
- Agree about Fisher Rite. Where's the beef? - oldmkvi 23:20:30 10/28/16 (3)
- Awe man, Chris was just moving on. Oh well - jdaniel@jps.net 08:13:25 10/31/16 (2)
- Did you forget what the subject line of your 9/20 OP was? - Chris from Lafayette 20:56:59 10/31/16 (1)
- If y'all like the Litton, I couldn't be more happy. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 07:22:20 11/01/16 (0)
- Hmmm, I didn't find Fischer's polite at all, and I was certainly worried about that - jdaniel@jps.net 08:13:28 10/24/16 (11)
- Hey, 'Santa Fe Listener' gave it 5 stars on Amazon... - Ivan303 19:37:42 10/24/16 (3)
- You should be careful with SFL's Amazon reviews - Chris from Lafayette 21:57:54 10/24/16 (2)
- All five cds in that Audite series are on my 'Favorites' lists... - Ivan303 22:12:05 10/24/16 (1)
- You like them more than I do - BTW. . . - Chris from Lafayette 09:36:49 10/25/16 (0)
- Hmmm. . . so you got "the sense that the Bergen players were fatigued--physically and mentally" - Unbelievable - Chris from Lafayette 10:20:10 10/24/16 (6)
- You don't find Litton's Dance of the Earth a bit blunt-edged? - jdaniel@jps.net 11:00:39 10/24/16 (5)
- I'll defend to the death your right to be a contrarian, but I just don't hear it that way - Chris from Lafayette 11:45:36 10/24/16 (4)
- I just left and edit about that above. Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 11:55:35 10/24/16 (3)
- Link? - Ivan303 07:45:20 10/25/16 (1)
- RE: Link? - jdaniel@jps.net 08:08:40 10/25/16 (0)
- Thanks - good comments in the edit! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 22:00:15 10/24/16 (0)
- RE: I've had the Fischer SACD for years - Ivan303 06:56:39 10/24/16 (0)