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In Reply to: I have a couple of those titles you've identified for your future listening posted by Chris from Lafayette on February 21, 2021 at 10:32:08:
Winds and brass to the fore and slightly diffuse strings seeming to come from rear left and right. Maybe the Barbican recording team has added a little reverb?Rattle's "in the moment" conducting isn't as extreme as OA Hughes (BIS) so anyone new to the piece should be able to follow Rattle's performance without feeling short-changed, but hopefully will check out more "fiery" performances.
I'm comparing directly with Gergiev/LSO at the moment and between he and Rattle, I prefer Gergiev's pacing, (for the most part), his energy, and the LSO's more decisive, swaggering brass, esp. lower brass. The climax of the 1st mov't is quite momentous. Interesting how the mind is tricked though. Rattle and Gergiev's timings are very similar in mov'ts 2,3,and 4. Gergiev 1st mov't seems to go faster, even with the Expo repeat!
It will be interesting to see what Gramophone says. They didn't like Rattle's re-make.
Edits: 02/21/21
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Follow Ups
- Rattle's Rach is a bit of a wallow. Soft-edged performance captured in soft-edged recording - jdaniel@jps.net 11:23:23 02/21/21 (3)
- So I turned the volume up quite a bit...much more visceral experience - jdaniel@jps.net 16:57:19 02/22/21 (2)
- Volume level - yes, that can certainly make a BIG difference! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 19:18:53 02/22/21 (1)
- As you have pointed out a couple of times yourself! : ) nt - jdaniel@jps.net 07:13:59 02/23/21 (0)
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