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MTT won my recent Symphonies Challenge (Stravinsky, MTT, Rattle, Boulez, Dutoit, Solti, Ashkenazy). SONY has achieved quite a sonic boom of a recording at Abbey Road, and, yes, the acoustic is quite quite large, and there are some pretty massive climaxes here that you may not find in others'.
If you push play, the first thing you hear- and this shockingly disappointed me at first- is the opening bang of Psalms with a distinctly distant micing (not as bad as Chailly), but, all that means is, crack it up! So, I started again, and this time, I heard MTT hit all the stops of the intro, everything heard, chorus coming in nicely. Then, the climaxes really open up, which they don't in every recording, somewhat justifying the initial effect of "distance".
That it won my challenge, and is the only "3 Symphonies" so far to win 5 Stars from me, should preclude me from having to go over points. Since I read all the reviews first, let me answer some criticisms. Someone said MTT was spineless here (was it "spectacularly"? haha), and also that the big big sound made some of the edges melt. The sound does have quite an "effect", and you'll just have to call me a fan. I know the music well enough that the clashes don't bother me, and I think the crashing conflicts bring an extra sense of motional tension. And I don't know how I'm hearing spinelessness particularly (MTT is always being accused of it, but here, and "Stravinsky in Hollywood" I don't hear his congeniality as spinelessness). He keeps the arguments going, sometimes at breakneck speed! He certainly isn't staid in how aggressively he opens in-C. And 3M opens briskly too, and I don't really hear any flagging.
I still like Karajan in in-C, and DavisLSO and Rattle/Birmingham in 3M (and others), but MTT has one of the best modern "super conductor" Psalms, along with Solti and Maazel. And I still think the other two have made a big impression on me with their massive sound-
oh, did I mention the Big Bass Drum? very nicely caught here.
I will take just a few points off, wishing that the kind of clarity in Solti's Decca recording ruled the day here; but, I happen to like this big blue tub it sounds like they recorded it in- it reminds me of the sound they gave Salonen on his SONY discs- so, in a way, I consider this almost "Salonen's 3 Symphonies". But, I know you may have a problem there, so, let me emphasize that sound is really really good, verrry biiig, making split second starts and stops- not "mushy",- but... "multi-dementional" I'd say... I like it, others have stated their preferences.
But, I find the performances engaged and exciting, with the orchestra responding beautifully. Natural, bouyant, with humor, aggressive, unafraid. And I didn't hear the criticisms as others heard them. All around very impressed with MTT and LSO here.
I like this much more than I thought I would. MTT got me here!
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21st Century Reviews
Stravinsky. Tilson -Thomas. 3 Symphonies. SONY. Winner of My Symphonies Challenge.
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Limey
If you like or want to get familiar with Stravinsky this is a good purchase.
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C. Gwilliam
Percussive Stravinsky
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T. J. Riley
Five Stars
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Maestro
Disappointing
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