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Music Lane It's all about the music, dude! Sit down, relax and listen to some tunes. |
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Best I've heard yet: Pacing, poetry, sensitivity to, (and belief in) Sibelius' eccentric orchestration and dynamics, and especially balance: those bass "garrumphs" that underpin the opening of the finale don't sound small, weak, or unintentionally bizarre.
Nelson's also reigns in brass just a bit in the closing pages, allowing the other musical lines and rhythms to come through, which IMHO adds power rather than takes it away. (Same issue with the Handel bit at the end of Mahler's 1st.) No worries though: the choral theme is allowed to blaze by the end.
Concerns? The pause before the lovely "shepherd" bit in the Scherzo seems extraordinarily long to me. Maybe the oboist was buried in his smartphone.
Recording is wonderful: no matter how loud the orchestra gets, the acoustic expands with it. Strings retain their sheen throughout.
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Topic - A big, craggy, mountain spring water, pan-flute YES to Nelsons' Sibelius 2nd - jdaniel@jps.net 11:50:53 01/08/17 (15)
- That was the first thing I raved about on my new blog. - John Marks 14:52:03 01/09/17 (2)
- I'm so glad you liked it too! I have taste! - jdaniel@jps.net 18:34:43 01/09/17 (1)
- IT'S A COOKBOOK!!!!! - John Marks 10:35:45 01/10/17 (0)
- RE: A big, craggy, mountain spring water, pan-flute YES to Nelsons' Sibelius 2nd - srl1 17:45:24 01/08/17 (1)
- RE: A big, craggy, mountain spring water, pan-flute YES to Nelsons' Sibelius 2nd - jdaniel@jps.net 17:58:44 01/08/17 (0)
- Yep, BSO landed on their feet with Nelsons.... - Ivan303 12:00:40 01/08/17 (9)
- Definitely whets my appetite for their DGG Shostakovich, at least the 10th - jdaniel@jps.net 12:09:24 01/08/17 (8)
- "Hope they left the DGG engineers at home." - Russell 11:47:25 01/09/17 (0)
- RE: Definitely whets my appetite for their DGG Shostakovich, at least the 10th - pbarach 15:33:56 01/08/17 (6)
- RE: Definitely whets my appetite for their DGG Shostakovich, at least the 10th - jdaniel@jps.net 16:34:10 01/08/17 (5)
- RE: Definitely whets my appetite for their DGG Shostakovich, at least the 10th - pbarach 18:08:09 01/08/17 (4)
- RE: Definitely whets my appetite for their DGG Shostakovich, at least the 10th - jdaniel@jps.net 18:23:15 01/08/17 (3)
- RE: Definitely whets my appetite for their DGG Shostakovich, at least the 10th - pbarach 18:27:46 01/08/17 (2)
- RE: Definitely whets my appetite for their DGG Shostakovich, at least the 10th - jdaniel@jps.net 18:34:05 01/08/17 (1)
- RE: Definitely whets my appetite for their DGG Shostakovich, at least the 10th - pbarach 04:14:48 01/09/17 (0)
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