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Recent comments

Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | hiredfox - June 9, 2022

The sounds I hear in the concert hall every week are by far best reproduced on vinyl despite the obvious limitations, deficiencies and annoyances of the format. That is all ...

Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Brian VanPelt - Yesterday 09:19 pm

I think the last commenter misunderstood my conclusion. I did say that the Nyquist Theorem is correct, that's why we call it a theorem! I hope we are clear on this point. I ...

Elton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | John Broggio - May 31, 2022

I'm with Adrian. I'd summarise my position as thinking that genuinely hi-res media are wonderful at revealing all the glories of a recording but also any shortcomings. Other ...

Shadows - Meseguer, Mora | Mark Werlin - June 21, 2022

You have to click the Amazon links today, 21 June 2022, to appreciate Adrian's comment. Presumably, the listings will eventually be fixed.

Dvořák: Slavonic Dances - Kubelik | Tony Reif - June 29, 2022

Although this is now o.p., copies at a fairly reasonable price are still floating around, whereas the 2011 Universal is hard to find. The sound is much improved over the DG ...

Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony - Hickox | Graham Williams - June 23, 2022

I too like the versions you mention. but the Hickox version is unique which is why so many people recommend it on this site.

Bax, Bantock, Balfour Gardiner: String Quartets - Tippett Quartet | Ben Leggett - June 28, 2022

The Bax quartet here is wonderful - the other works are a fun listen but this disc is worth it for the quartet alone, and it's lovely in MCH. As usual, the Tippett quartet ...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 - Honeck | Adrian Quanjer - June 18, 2022

Thanks John, you somehowe prove my point: These recordings never go unnoticed.

Berlioz: Grande Messe des morts / Mahler: Symphony No. 1 - Abravanel

Vanguard Classics  VSD-507/8 (2 discs)

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Vocal

Berlioz: Requiem, Mahler: Symphony No. 1

Charles Bressler (tenor)
Utah Symphony and Choir
Maurice Abravanel (conductor)

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (2)

• Hector Berlioz: Grande messe des morts - Requiem, H 75
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major 'Titan'

Related (3)