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In the Thread: What a week in Boston!
Post Subject: Yes, I was there too.Posted by clarkjohnsen on: 4/10/2006
First, the Fifth: The first movement is indeed a stunner, nothing comes close. For the rest, I can line up competition. But no matter! The "live" aspect trumps all.
The Met, indeed, had its moments but was not a keeper.
The Traviata was terrific! Even over my car radio, where I was constrained to hear most of it, the music and the sound came straight at you. Far better it was, than even the Met's performance a couple weeks ago. And who was that woman from Moscow? [Please, please download the file so you'll have it permanently.]
I too was in anticipation of the Tristan, notably because of Domingo. Nor was I disappointed... in Domingo! The rest of it, I could leave. Alas WHRB had the compressor on so there's no telling how much my dislike was due to its robbing the music of dynamic expression.
But Romy, you missed a Boston broadcast highlight: The BSO, Raphael Fruehbeck de Burgos, Gil Shahan and Mozart -- both Friday and Saturday. The Serenade that opened the program was absolutely the best Mozart this Mozart-resistant orchestra has even turned out.
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