Not to sound too much like a shill for the Philadelphia Orchestra, but their latest SACD raises the bar for organ recordings. Polyhymnia has done a remarkable job capture the 7000 piped instrument's sound.The balance between organ and orchestra is also pretty much perfect, so Barber's "Toccata Festiva" and the Saint-Saens are quite spectacular sounding.
Eschenbach's extreme slow and fast tempos, though, will earn him some enemies.
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Topic - Eschenbach/Philadelphia all organ SACD - new demo disc - Thornhill 21:11:19 02/20/07 (6)
- Here's a link to reviews... - krisjan 06:36:53 02/22/07 (0)
- Re: Eschenbach/Philadelphia all organ SACD - new demo disc - dbphd 10:36:01 02/21/07 (1)
- Re: Eschenbach/Philadelphia all organ SACD - new demo disc - Doktor Brahms 10:55:36 02/21/07 (0)
- Re: Eschenbach/Philadelphia all organ SACD - new demo disc - Kal Rubinson 05:54:24 02/21/07 (2)
- If Eschenbach screwed it up though I'll be furious. (nt) - jdaniel 09:04:37 02/21/07 (1)
- Re: If Eschenbach screwed it up though I'll be furious. (nt) - Kal Rubinson 10:25:09 02/21/07 (0)