Mendelssohn: Italian & Reformation Symphonies [Hybrid SACD]
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Music CD Cover Composer: Felix Mendelssohn Conductor: Charles Münch Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra Edition: Music CD Format: Hybrid SACD CD Release Date: 2006-02-07 Music Label: RCA Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Mendelssohn: Italian & Reformation Symphonies [Hybrid SACD] Album
Free Music Review: Lovely, Light Mendelssohn Performances in Fabulous SACD Sound
Hit: 5 Stars
Charles Munch tends to be classified as primarily a marvelous conductor of French music, which indeed he was. But he was able to do central Austro-German repertoire well, too, and here is an example of that. Granted Mendelssohn in his lightest moods could sound almost French, but he still was German to the core, and these two symphonies could not have been written by anyone but a German. So how do Munch and the Boston Symphony (long known as America's 'French orchestra' during the time it was playing under Munch and Pierre Monteux) fare in these symphonies? Very well, thank you very much. This is supple, nuanced, joyful, light but not trivial Mendelssohn. Munch's Italian Symphony is full of piss and vinegar. The performance of the Reformation is not dour as it can sometimes be; I've always felt that if one simply played the Reformation as Mendelssohn wrote it and left behind the implied Germanic stolidity, it would sound better. Munch does that, and it does come alive. I've known these recordings in their plain vanilla stereo form for years and can tell you that the sound the emanates from my speakers in these refurbished SACD versions is better than ever. These are three-track recordings and they give the orchestra a lifelike sound-stage with believable separation, excellent balance and depth of sound. I'm very pleased with both the performances and the presentation. The mid-price is nice, too.
Scott Morrison