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Sergei Celibidache Conducts [15cd]

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by: Various Composers

November 01, 2004
It's easy to get swept along in the usual hysteria of Tchaikovsky's turbulent 4th Symphony, but Celi's thoughful, more deliberate manner made me more sympathetic to the sense of near permanent frenzy that is a hallmark of Russian music and literature (e.g. Dostoyevsky) in this period.

The Milhaud Concerto for Marimba is wonderfully trippy, the Wagner excerpts quite impressive, the Mozart Requiem very grand, the Faure Requiem quite touching. Celi's Scheherazade is very imposing and very beautiful, whilst the Prokofiev and Shostakovich symphonies are stripped of their violent and politicised trappings, perhaps to their detriment. The Verdi is fascinating but exhausting, the Bach interminable.

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The Best Ever Medieval Experience

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by: Various Artists

August 25, 2005
It's easy to get swept along in the usual hysteria of Tchaikovsky's turbulent 4th Symphony, but Celi's thoughful, more deliberate manner made me more sympathetic to the sense of near permanent frenzy that is a hallmark of Russian music and literature (e.g. Dostoyevsky) in this period.

The Milhaud Concerto for Marimba is wonderfully trippy, the Wagner excerpts quite impressive, the Mozart Requiem very grand, the Faure Requiem quite touching. Celi's Scheherazade is very imposing and very beautiful, whilst the Prokofiev and Shostakovich symphonies are stripped of their violent and politicised trappings, perhaps to their detriment. The Verdi is fascinating but exhausting, the Bach interminable.

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Verdi: Requiem

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from: The Originals

September 18, 1995
Friscay was DG's star conductor before the advent of Karajan and the former's untimely death. Despite sonic limitations this requiem is white hot from start to finish. Soloists all acquit themselves superbly. What a musical singer Stader makes despite a smaller than usual voice in the part. On one disc this memorable performance is a bargain, although a pity stereo wasn't available.

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Mozart: Coronation Mass/Vespera

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from: Decca Eloquence

October 16, 2000
Friscay was DG's star conductor before the advent of Karajan and the former's untimely death. Despite sonic limitations this requiem is white hot from start to finish. Soloists all acquit themselves superbly. What a musical singer Stader makes despite a smaller than usual voice in the part. On one disc this memorable performance is a bargain, although a pity stereo wasn't available.

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Mozart: Requiem etc...

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from: Double

March 01, 1994
I'm glad I bought this recording. Not only is it good value for money, with the "Coronation Mass" and the "Exsultate Jubilate" included, as well as the Litany K195, it's a fine performance of one of the most moving works ever written. It also has the added bonus of giving us the (I think) rarely heard edition by Franz Beyer, who "cleaned up" the more regularly performed Sussmayr version. Marriner and the Academy show their mettle to perfection here. If I have one quibble, it lies in the inexplicable arrangement of the items on disc one. Why place them in the order: Exsultate, then the "Coronation", then the Litany? The only reason I can conceive is that they were arranged from shortest to longest work, which doesn't make logical sense. Surely "Exsultate ... Read More:

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Verdi: Requiem/Four Sacred Pieces

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from: Legends

October 16, 2000
I'm glad I bought this recording. Not only is it good value for money, with the "Coronation Mass" and the "Exsultate Jubilate" included, as well as the Litany K195, it's a fine performance of one of the most moving works ever written. It also has the added bonus of giving us the (I think) rarely heard edition by Franz Beyer, who "cleaned up" the more regularly performed Sussmayr version. Marriner and the Academy show their mettle to perfection here. If I have one quibble, it lies in the inexplicable arrangement of the items on disc one. Why place them in the order: Exsultate, then the "Coronation", then the Litany? The only reason I can conceive is that they were arranged from shortest to longest work, which doesn't make logical sense. Surely "Exsultate ... Read More:

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Missae & Requiem, Organ Sonatas & Solos

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by: Various Artists

October 17, 2005
I'm glad I bought this recording. Not only is it good value for money, with the "Coronation Mass" and the "Exsultate Jubilate" included, as well as the Litany K195, it's a fine performance of one of the most moving works ever written. It also has the added bonus of giving us the (I think) rarely heard edition by Franz Beyer, who "cleaned up" the more regularly performed Sussmayr version. Marriner and the Academy show their mettle to perfection here. If I have one quibble, it lies in the inexplicable arrangement of the items on disc one. Why place them in the order: Exsultate, then the "Coronation", then the Litany? The only reason I can conceive is that they were arranged from shortest to longest work, which doesn't make logical sense. Surely "Exsultate ... Read More:

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Mozart: Masses

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from: Double Decca

August 12, 1997
I'm glad I bought this recording. Not only is it good value for money, with the "Coronation Mass" and the "Exsultate Jubilate" included, as well as the Litany K195, it's a fine performance of one of the most moving works ever written. It also has the added bonus of giving us the (I think) rarely heard edition by Franz Beyer, who "cleaned up" the more regularly performed Sussmayr version. Marriner and the Academy show their mettle to perfection here. If I have one quibble, it lies in the inexplicable arrangement of the items on disc one. Why place them in the order: Exsultate, then the "Coronation", then the Litany? The only reason I can conceive is that they were arranged from shortest to longest work, which doesn't make logical sense. Surely "Exsultate ... Read More: