| Title: | Welcome to the CD Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Welcome to COOKIE |
| Moderator: | COOKIE::ROLLOW |
| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Mar 03 1989 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1517 |
| Total number of notes: | 13349 |
I've just seen an ad for a Telarc CD of Mozart's 40th and 41st
symphonies, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras (sp?). Has anyone
heard this? Recommendations pro or con? I have been generally
impressed with the Telarc label, so I thought this looked promising.
I have 3 recordings of these discs already, and I'm not totally
satisfied with any of them. Of the ones I have, I like the
Hogwood/Academy of Ancient Music ones the best. Hogwood takes them
too fast for my taste, however.
Thanks.
-pd
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| 749.1 | my take on this one | GENRAL::SEAGLE | I'm a bouncer at a salad bar | Fri May 08 1987 19:23 | 14 |
Funny you should mention this...a friend of mine just bought this
one last weekend. I promptly invited myself over for a listen.
The performance was quite good; not outstanding but not insipid.
The recoding was typical Telarc (read: high quality, DDD, perhaps
just a tiny "bit" flat on overall response).
Conclusion: while I don't think I'll go to the extreme of saying
this is THE definitive version, it is generally excellent and I
don't think you will be disappointed. Of course, I'm sure Alan
Rollow will be reviewing it in the near future...he seems to buy
*everything* Telarc releases! ;-)
David.
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| 749.2 | I don't have *ALL* the Telarc's. | COOKIE::ROLLOW | Murphy's Law applies. | Sun May 10 1987 14:19 | 5 |
My review of the Telarc recording with Mozart's symphonies (40 &
41) is in 473.15. I haven't heard the Hogwood, so I don't know
how fast it is, but Sir Charles (Mackerras) uses a very fast
tempo in the minuet (dotted half note = 72/76 for the 40th and
88 in the 41st).
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