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ELGAR: 3 Bavarian Dances / Chanson de nuit / Chanson de matin / ARNOLD, M.: English Dances (Boult) (1954)

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ELGAR: 3 Bavarian Dances / Chanson de nuit / Chanson de matin / ARNOLD, M.: English Dances (Boult) (1954)

Composer(s):Arnold, MalcolmElgar, Edward
Artist(s) Boult, Adrian, Conductor • London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period(s) 20th Century
Genre Classical Music
Category Orchestral
Catalogue 9.80199
Label Naxos Classical Archives
Quality   320kbps
Album Price
 
MP3
USD 3.99
 

 

   



An extraordinary set of recordings
Review By rikkisimm,September 2009

I first heard these mono recordings in the early '60s, on a very basic record-player, and was particularly struck by the amazing realism, presence, frequency range and clarity in Arnold's English Dances.

Listening to them again after more than forty years, I actually feel that using a stereo version of the same recording techniques today, as well as the same microphones, would give us recordings of classical orchestral music which would be hard to beat. As for the performances, I can only say that the LPO was at its very best just before the stereo era. Later recordings by Boult of much of this English repertoire show a certain sloppiness of ensemble, although I can't say whether Boult's increasing age or just the newly emerging fashion of cutting down drastically on more....







 

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