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Just got this 10-CD set in the mail from Amazon UK for about $36 shipped. I've always liked Martinon's RCA recordings with the CSO, and they're all here, complete with gorgeous reproductions of the original LP covers. (I'm a real sucker for this sort of stuff.) Haven't had a chance to listen to any of it yet, though, but I'm grateful to RCA/Sony for re-releasing these recordings in the first place and presenting them so handsomely--surely there can't be a huge market for this set.
Russell
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The Nielsen is just flat out incendiary. The definative perforance. Nothing else like it.
I also ordered this from Amazon UK, even though I already have about half the the items in the box.
I hope they've removed spurious pause in the transition to the last movement of the Nielsen symphony.
Note that this does not contain the Shostakovich Symphony No. 1 that was once on an RCA Lp. That, apparently, was licensed from Decca, and did appear on a Decca Martinon compilation, now OOP.
but not completely 'natural' sounding. Remember that the LP side break on the Nielsen was between movements 3 & 4 (idiots!) so at the end of movement 3 on the new CD, you can hear the trail of fading ambience/reverb (as it probably was on the LP), at the very end of which the 4th movement starts. I didn't have the previous CD on hand for comparison, but I recall that the pause was much longer there.
Russell
Indeed and is nearly impossible to find BUT...
As luck would have it, available for streaming on QOBUZ and TIDAL at 16/44.1 and I am listening to it as I type.
The RCA CSO set is sadly NOT available for streaming as yet.
I'm a fetishist about the original LP cover art too. In fact, that's one reason I'm re-buying (yet again) some of the Reiner/Chicago recordings, reissued for the second time on SACD (this time by Analogue Productions / Acoustic Sounds): these latest reissues (which are much more expensive and contain far less music per disc than the previous SACD's done by Soundmirror for Sony-BMG) reproduce those LP covers without the visual clutter of the earlier SACD reissues. Like you, I'm just a sucker for it - must have something to do with early childhood memories! ;-)
No question which of these two is more faithful!
I fully agree with you. Those covers are a genre of art in and of themselves. Love them.
Great orchestra and conductor match. Check out this live version of the Nielsen. First concert post/renovation. It is evident that they toned down slightly for the RCA recording!
I've only been able to listen to the Nielsen 4th so far, and it sounded a bit cramped/congested to me. I didn't have the previous CD for comparison, unfortunately. Still, it wasn't too bad once I got used to it. The performance still blazes like no other., and I'm SO thrilled to have the original cover art again!!! (That's my own scan of the CD sleeve above--they did an excellent job with the reproductions!)
Russell
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