Re: More on "The Bells"

Posted by Amphissa (A) on October 31, 2005 at 23:04:49

In Reply to: Re: More on "The Bells" posted by Doktor Brahms on October 31, 2005 at 11:02:21:

Kondrashin - well, that is indeed a mixed blessing. Idiomatic, yes. And the baritone is surely one of the best ever to record this piece. But the band is scrappy as it gets. Blech. Pletnev, goes to the other extreme - so polished and calculated that it loses all emotional connection for me. Rozhdestvensky is somewhere in between, but I don't care for his soloists and the audio kinda sux. Stefano's recording with the Bulgarian National RSO is just what you'd expect; the baritone can't carry a tune.

The recording by Kitajenko and the Danish RSO is a bit slower than I'd prefer, but otherwise pretty good. I rather like the baritone Hynninen, although I suspect native Russian speakers cringe at his accent. It's much better than Anissimov's recording for Naxos, with the shakey Melnikov instead of a baritone. Svetlanov is, as always, frustrating. Dutoit's recording with the Philadelphia Orchestra is rather wooden and lacking in atmosphere, especially at the very end, which just sorta falls flat.

Of my 15 recordings, I tend to pull the Kitajenko more often than any others.

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Topic - Question Re: Slatkin/Prokofiev - Doktor Brahms 10:16:13 10/30/05 (20)

Thanks for your responses! [NT] - Doktor Brahms 08:38:34 11/01/05 (0)

Re: Question Re: Slatkin/Prokofiev - gkargreen 10:51:41 10/31/05 (0)

Have you heard Alexander Nevsky & Lt. Kije on Telarc - TGT 10:24:18 10/31/05 (2)

Try this: - Kal Rubinson 11:09:10 10/31/05 (1)

I second the Capriccio SACD, excellent! (nt) - Teresa 19:40:18 10/31/05 (0)

Re: Question Re: Slatkin/Prokofiev - Amphissa 07:57:56 10/31/05 (7)

Shaw's "Bells" - Doktor Brahms 08:50:13 10/31/05 (6)

More on "The Bells" - Amphissa 10:41:17 10/31/05 (4)

Re: More on "The Bells" - Doktor Brahms 11:02:21 10/31/05 (3)

Re: More on "The Bells" - Amphissa 23:04:49 10/31/05 (0)

Re: More on "The Bells" - Amphissa 11:32:59 10/31/05 (1)

Re: More on "The Bells" - Doktor Brahms 11:55:43 10/31/05 (0)

The Bells in English - Amphissa 10:18:36 10/31/05 (0)

Re: Question Re: Slatkin/Prokofiev - both works sung in Russian - Teresa 14:53:40 10/30/05 (2)

Spacibo. (nt) - Jim Treanor 00:22:02 10/31/05 (1)

Pojhalyista. (nt) - Teresa 07:19:38 10/31/05 (0)

Tower and Bis - TGR 11:28:18 10/30/05 (3)

Qualiton? - Thornhill 14:04:17 10/30/05 (2)

Would have to be - TGR 07:24:30 10/31/05 (1)

Re: Would have to be - Thornhill 13:50:46 10/31/05 (0)

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Re: More on "The Bells" - Amphissa 23:04:49 10/31/05 (0)

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