Re: Re: Free CDs - Advice?


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Posted by Leland on July 05, 2001 at 01:05:53:

In Reply to: Re: Free CDs - Advice? posted by Josh on July 03, 2001 at 17:22:45:

I hate, hate, hate having multiple recordings of the same sequences of notes to choose between, but if you can find it, the BBC Philharmonic put one together of Planets that, to my ears, blows LA Phil/Mehta's out of my CD changer.

"Blasphemer!" Well, maybe, but the BBC had a much tighter ensemble sound, top to bottom. Whether it was due to the mixing in the booth (LA's brass sections sounded like "SOLO-FIRST-LEAD..Second....third..." to me) or Mehta's concepts, it really doesn't matter when listening to the final product on its own merits. I listen to LA and say, "Yeah, Bobo & Johnson rock!", and I listen to the BBC and say, "Yeah, that whole orchestra rocks!"


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