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Thanks for the heads up.
Does anyone have any particular recommendations from this collection?
Or any 'must avoid'? I've heard their 'Film Music of Miklos Rosza' isn't loved by some.
I'm rather partial to the Christopher Gunning set.
Cheers
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I adore the Chandos Film Music Series! I have said this here several times before and (since I have them all) I will try again to give you some thoughts:
First and foremost, the sound is huge. I mean these recordings are made right in your face. The BBC Orchestra performance is robust and the music blasts from your speakers. Rumon Gamba's conducting is bold and free from subtleties.
The most important thing (and I presume this was a deliberate decision) is that these recordings sound like "modern recordings". Their overall feeling is more akin to Murray Gold's Dr. Who scores, than to any of the original recordings.
That said, I believe this is exactly what Golden Age "purists" find annoying, because the perception is quite different. These are not like the Charles Gerhardt recordings, just for the sake to try make a comparison.
Plus, there are some noticeable liberties taken on details like dynamics, tempo, and even interpretation, including combinations of musical phrases (whole parts within a Suite are different than the way we might be previously accustomed).
So again, if you are open to this kind of more "modern" interpretation, then you will like these Series as much as I do.
However, if you are stuck with the "old" classic feeling, then you might find these unfaithful at best.
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Thanks for the heads up.
Does anyone have any particular recommendations from this collection?
All releases with the exception of the Stanley Black CD suffer from same problem which is that the highs are too high and the lows too low which translated means the listener is constantly having to alter the volume control and I mean 'constantly'.
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Or any 'must avoid'? I've heard their 'Film Music of Miklos Rosza' isn't loved by some.
I don't understand the reluctance. Most of the repertoire is of course familiar and it's a valid question whether you need yet another recording of it. On the other hand, you get one of only two commercially released recordings of the "Sahara" suite and the "Jungle Book" suite may very well be the best recording available (in terms of performance and sound quality) for as long as Sony refuses to release the music-only tracks of the RCA Living Stereo recording. The Chandos album is an overall enjoyable album with great performances and stellar audiophile sound quality. I just would have preferred something else than "Ben-Hur".
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Jul 16, 2020 - 11:03 AM
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"Thank you" from me, too, Tom ... just when I thought I'd stop spending!
I've opted to buy the remaining 7 from the series The Film Music of ... but there are plenty of other discs in their library I want to own ...
I acknowledge the comments re: sound levels and have found, as with classical music, improvements in home Hi-Fi bring vast benefits. Of the recordings I already own, only the Ron Goodwin collection gives me pause to consider ... and not every track. Just as with re-recordings of works of any of our favourite composers, they don't sound quite right and in this case, some of them are off-mark (e.g. Miss Marple Theme).
But just as, with classical works, you have to accept that each recording will be different. Accept and enjoy - these are wonderful albums which, for me, get better as I get to know them (rather than find I'm getting bored with them).
Mitch
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The Korngold sounds very good so I’m grabbing that.
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Jul 16, 2020 - 6:21 PM
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All releases with the exception of the Stanley Black CD suffer from same problem which is that the highs are too high and the lows too low which translated means the listener is constantly having to alter the volume control and I mean 'constantly'.
That's what I discovered when I got the Schurmann last year.
I loved the music, but struggled to hear it over on the system and in the environment I listen to 99.9% of my collection on.
Today I grabbed the Rozsa, the Gunning, and the Bennett. While all of them still had a wider than average dynamic range, none seemed quite as extreme as the Schurmann did. Closer than not though.
I ended up sitting here listening to them all, with no AC on and having a good sweat, because any ambient noise would have stepped all over them.
As long as I can keep the noise floor almost nonexistent, these are as lush and delicious an aural treat as any I've ever heard. Loved all three of 'em.
With the Rozsa, I picked it up primarily for the Jungle Book and Sahara.
I was planning on getting the Tadlow Ben-hur sometime in the next few months and don't currently have any of that music on anything, so I'm one of the few people who doesn't mind it's inclusion here at all. I thought if anything the sampling here might satiate my "need" for the full score, but it's only serving to make me want the whole shebang asap.
I have to be more circumspect with my finances going forward, but I would love to get a few more before the month is over. Black, Vaughn Williams, Addison, Easdale...they all sound wonderful.
At about $3 US off on each, it's like buy 3 get 1 free. Hard to say no that.
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