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Roger Hecht <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>.... could you please explain the Downes [Bax 3rd on RCA] to me. I have
>tried several times with this recording with no success. I mentioned it
>once negatively in print and plan to do so again. Maybe I just don't get
>it, but I'm open to suggestions of what I'm missing here. It just seems
>to drag lifelessly, and Downes does not seem to have a feel for it or know
>what to do with it.
I know this record has always had a bad press. It was I believe made on
the spur of the moment, as an unscheduled replacement for some cancelled
(opera recital?) sessions.
I have always enjoyed the performance for Downes' clear-headed sense of
direction, but find the RCA LP recording quality muddy and dull, certainly
far from flattering to a somewhat deadbeat-sounding LSO.
A good CD remastering would, I suspect, reveal a performance of the quality
you - quite rightly - associate with Sir Edward. Fat chance, I fear.
Christopher Webber, Blackheath, London, UK.
http://www.nashwan.demon.co.uk/zarzuela.htm
"ZARZUELA!"
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