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Post Subject: Happy Holiday's RomyPosted by RonyWeissman on: 12/22/2004
and thanks for one of my favorite audio/music websites.
Regarding Chung, he is also one of my current favorites and I am lucky enough to live in France where he is conducting quite often. He has conducted a Scherezade in 2003 with Orch Radio France which I can highly recommend to you. French musicians are known to be sentimental in their performances, and this piece which is too often conducted with too much bell and whistle is here played with stunning poignancy, clear message(which is chung's strength) and just the right amount of fireworks. Really the ending tugs at you in a way that would make puccini green with envy.
I am listening to Katchen's brahms LP box-set for the moment, but will put on Tebaldi in tosca tonight, thanks for mentioning her passing.
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