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In Reply to: Living Stereo Reiner Scheherezade posted by LtMandella on August 29, 2020 at 17:31:03:
Reiner's Scheherazade is good and since it was praised all over the places, we've got to have it. But then why not pick a few other recordings of Scheherazade to indulge ourselves into? After all it's such a fun work and filled with great melodies and sparkling effects that audio fans are longing for. So, after a decade or two, I've gathered over a dozen recordings and listened though all of them. My recommendation list would include
Fricsay 1953 DG mono
Ormandy 1953 Columbia mono *this is an Ormandy performance that will change your view about him if you have not heard much of his early mono ones. Tightly paced and full of energy!
Bernstein 1959 Columbia
Rostropovich 1974 EMI
Tjeknavorian 1979 Chalfont *An Armenian conductor with great gift. Not much recording can be found but most of them are very good. This Chalfont digital recording was done in the famous Watford Town Hall, London. Audiophile sound and the LSO played superbly.
And finally, Kondrashin's ship wreck section is always a good treat to your audiophile friends, especially when you have a system with good bass impact. One can actually feel the room shaking a bit when the bass drum hit hard!
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Follow Ups
- RE: Living Stereo Reiner Scheherezade - alc777 09/2/2010:13:51 09/2/20 (9)
- Man! I'd forgotten that Tjeknavorian recording! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 12:50:06 09/2/20 (6)
- Isn't that an immediate eye-catching cover design? :) - alc777 19:51:12 09/2/20 (5)
- Yes - always was! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 18:16:03 09/3/20 (4)
- I bought when released. The best part for me was lapping up all the Digital hoopla on back cover. Nt - jdaniel@jps.net 18:50:55 09/3/20 (3)
- RE: I bought when released. The best part for me was lapping up all the Digital hoopla on back cover. Nt - alc777 20:39:09 09/3/20 (2)
- B&W speakers - pbarach 04:40:40 09/4/20 (1)
- Now that is a certified audiophile! :) / nt - alc777 06:01:04 09/4/20 (0)
- RE: Living Stereo Reiner Scheherezade - LtMandella 10:46:28 09/2/20 (1)
- You're welcome. - alc777 20:21:36 09/2/20 (0)