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The Delius VC may seem a bit lightweight and meandering at first, (I premiered with coffee and newspaper in hand--always a bad idea), but then I listened again, carefully: there's a lot of beautiful stuff that goes by, though it goes by fast. The VC is kind of a cross between (hints of) Vaughan Williams, R Strauss' chord progressions, and Satie's improv. I've grown to love it.
The Takemitsu was one of those surprise, "oh, why not" ebay wins. While examining the lp for scratches and scuffs, I couldn't help but notice the Telarc-like deep grooves at certain points. One doesn't see those on DGG's very often! Low and behold: huge soundstage, dynamic, wide-ranging sound, uncanny imaging (the quartet in Quatrain) and a bass drum that hits you in the gut. I looked to see if DGG had hired a new sound engineer by 1980 but no, same old Klaus Hiemann.
The "modern" music is easy to describe: It's basically side one of your old Close Encounters Lp. There. Done. No tunes, but enough atmosphere and orchestral color to keep the ears interested.
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Seji Ozawa was popular when I was growing up and I still enjoy his performances. I will keep an eye out for both records.
Dave
Is that not a Harold Moores price sticker on the Delius LP? As you say his violin concerto does need time to grow on the listener. And as Delius said he hated to repeat himself. I was lucky enough to attend a recital by Ralph Holmes shortly before his premature passing. I will look out for his recording of this concerto. Thanks for posting.
I have a lot of Takemitsu's LP on DGG and they all sound pretty great, which was usually not my experience with DGG as a whole. The older ones from the early 70s were only Japanese pressings if I'm not mistaken and are not cheap now.
Edits: 02/02/16
I love the music of Takemitsu.
Thanks for this recommendation. Hope I can find a copy.
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