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In Reply to: RE: Malcolm Arnold's "Peterloo" Overture: fun music, based upon rather sad events posted by Chris from Lafayette on November 11, 2016 at 00:37:31
the string section suddenly seems very up-close and harsh, with a loss of resonance.
I've noticed that--so far--BIS and Chandos don't always do their strings proud, (though I couldn't be more thrilled with Pentatone and Channel in that respect).
OT, but I've been experimenting with speaker placement to tame/uncongest massed, forte strings on some recordings at certain points, including putting speakers back downstairs where both they and listening chair have about 5 feet space behind them, but to no avail.
In the end, some recordings just sound bad (at points) in either room. Moving to digital and changing listening rooms at the same time made it hard to nail down the problem, if any.
I stumbled across a free download at Linn: VW's Tallis Fantasia, (hidden at the end of Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings). Stunning, velvety sound throughout. Stereo's staying put upstairs.
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Just for reassurnce, I too hear the harshness at the forte entry of the strings with the lyrical theme after the "massacre" episode. I have a very different system and have little doubt that my room doesn't resemble yours either.
So a reasonable conclusion that it is the recording and not your gear or listening space.
I have found the sound of orchestral strings playing at anything over mf has often been hard for digital media to capture properly and have spent a fortune over the years chasing a solution to that.
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Yup and the 14 different cables needed to hook it up!!
Well do check out the Linn Tallis Fantasia, the free track at end of Britten Serenade.
Was very pleased with string sound. Pulsating performance with more attention paid to short phrases than the long line, but I think I like it.
Will do.
Do you know the Constantin Silvestri and Bournemouth SO recording for EMI? Recorded in Wells Cathedral and full of mystery as if inhabited by some spirit from Tallis' time. Easily my favourite performance because of this atmosphere but not a recommendation necessarily for recording quality.
which of course was the "One."
I found many Marriner Argo lps with the Tallis but never came across Silvestri. Always looking for atmosphere so will check out.
Here is a link. Not ideal but it will, I hope give you an idea of what I am so enthusiastic about.I think it outclasses the Barbirolli although that is very fine. HMV ASD 521 eh? I have 3 LPs of it and 2 CDS but the Silvestri is the one that gets played.
Posters to the clip also remark upon the wonderful Elgar " In the South" that was on the other LP side. One of the few that gets the viola solo to properly evoke an Italian street song IMO.
Unfortunately the only digital incarnation I know about (and have as well as the HMV Greensleeves LP), is the Silvestri box set that EMI issued and Warner have re-released. Full of gems.
Edits: 11/13/16
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I look forward to more of his Overtures. I set up "concerts" for myself: an Overture, Concerto and Symphony; so I'll likely download the rest over the next few months.
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