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In Reply to: RE: Wellllll... posted by E-Stat on February 22, 2016 at 07:00:17
:)Let's review...
Are you tellin' me that the "vor Gott" section doesn't evoke an almost spiritual emotional response in you? 'Cause if so, you are one cold dude (kidding!) or you need new speakers - lol. I listen to that movement from the "landing" on our stairway, which, btw, is the sweetist spot for my system.
I have 3 or 4 recordings of the Ninth, and I'd have to listen to them again to decide which one I like the most, but the CSO with Sir Georg Solti comes to mind as being an excellent performance. That could partially be because I'm a big fan of Solti, Adolph Herseth (trumpet), and "the Chicago sound"). Actually, I read Solti's book "Memoirs" in about two days - fascinating life.
About The Planets. This is my kind of orchestral music (well, one of them). I love the whole piece. Which movement is it that has the almost ghostly female singers doing the "ahhhhh" thingy? - Uranus or Neptune? That's very cool.
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Are you tellin' me that the "vor Gott" section doesn't evoke an almost spiritual emotional response in you?
Apparently, not. The Sound Lab U-1PX does a fine job with everything I enjoy. Must be me. :)
...but the CSO with Sir Georg Solti comes to mind as being an excellent performance.
Mine is this Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt/Vienna version on LP I've had for what - forty years(?) following a mentor's rec.
Which movement is it that has the almost ghostly female singers doing the "ahhhhh" thingy?
That would be Neptune, the Mystic .
Back in '76 when the audio shop where I worked picked up Acoustat, our first customer was a cardiologist who loved The Planets . He brought a collection of vinyl to audition but what stood out was his reaction to playing Jupiter on them. Dr. Woodfin Cobb's enthusiasm was infectious to this nineteen year old. Immediately, I purchased my first copy. :)
In case you have any interest in the translation:
http://edboyden.org/beet9.html
:)
"I appreciate the fact that the libretto is about joy and creation"
May just be me, but if I am not attracted to the music , I don't listen to it.
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