Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Frist	Vorbestellungen
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: 07., Urban-Loritz-Pl. 2a	Standorte: CD.01D Vaugh / College 5a - Szene	Status: Verfügbar	Frist:	Vorbestellungen: 0

This is a stand out set to return to and for discovering one of Elgar's greatest masterpieces. - IRR, Apr'13 ; Listen to the tiny second Entracte from Vaughan Williams's Wasps suite and you re amazed at how such a beguiling, intoxicating piece could have remained so little known, and at how French the music sounds. Unsurprisingly, it was written after Vaughan Williams had briefly studied with Ravel. The lightness and delicacy are extraordinary, and Vaughan Williams's typically modal chord progressions sound more Gallic than usual. Delicious stuff, following a reading of the better-known overture which ticks every box perfectly-judged tempi allow every strand of counterpoint to register, and transparent textures let ripe horn and wind solos sing out. This is an exceptional disc in so many ways. The Kansas City orchestral playing is flamboyant, assured, but always affectionate, and the recorded sound is possibly the most realistic I ve come across. The engineering really does serve the music, lending additional colour and warmth to Michael Stern's Enigma Variations. His reading is full of character, managing to make the piece seem far more than a string of miniatures. You can feel the work grow the theme s initial statement slightly aloof and diffident, the heat slowly rising until Nimrod's Brucknerian swell provides glorious release. Stern finds the necessary mystery in the penultimate variation, and the Finale's cockiness is lovable rather than arrogant. The organ entry will induce goose pimples. Praising this CD for its outstanding technical qualities shouldn't detract from some remarkable musical ones too. This is already in my end-of-year Top 10 list. - Artdesk, 6/07/13