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• There's already HIP Berlioz - Chris from Lafayette 18:33:52 03/20/16 (2)
  In Reply to: RE: HIP Berioz? posted by Ivan303 on March 20, 2016 at 18:18:39

  I've even had the misfortune to own some of it (and there's a lot more where this came from):
  
  
  
  The singers are great! The orchestra, not so much!
  

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  • Susan Graham more than makes up for it... - Ivan303 08:05:28 03/21/16 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: There's already HIP Berlioz posted by Chris from Lafayette on March 20, 2016 at 18:33:52

    and I somehow can't imagine that the 'Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique' would be playing on 'period instruments' unless, of course, we're talking Berlioz's 'period' and that's OK by me!
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

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    • RE: Susan Graham more than makes up for it... - Chris from Lafayette 10:28:07 03/21/16 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: Susan Graham more than makes up for it... posted by Ivan303 on March 21, 2016 at 08:05:28

      Hey - I can respect that. And a couple of the other singers are excellent too (as I mentioned). But the orchestra IS playing on period instruments (even though from Berlioz' period), resulting in an all-too-typical dull, weak and desiccated sonority relative to modern instruments and techniques (IMHO!).
      

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