Erich Kunzel

Duke Ellington's collaboration with Erich Kunzel and the Cincinnatti Symphony Orchestra gives one an opportunity to hear Ellington's "The Golden Broom & the Green Apple" and "New World A'Coming" in rare performances along with a symphonic version of "Harlem." Ellington, who is featured throughout on piano, adds verbal "poetic commentary" between sections and the arrangements (which may have been by Luther Henderson) are fine but one misses his illustrious orchestra.

It's worth noting that all the music on this CD has been reissued on a budget priced two CD set of music by Gershwin, Porter, and Kern. The recording time on this CD is a little over 40 minutes, rather short measure. Nevertheless, what is here is enchanting. These were some of the earliest recordings of the original orchestrations of these Gershwin pieces. I have LPs of the later orchestrations of some of the overtures with Arthur Fiedler and Erich Kunzel, but McGlinn's CD is far superior in musical content. As for the performances, they are scintillating. The orchestra, filled with brilliant soloists, plays magnificently–with excitement and idiomatically.

VA - 50 Jahre KEF Volume 2 The Seventies
FLAC, EAC, LOG & CUE | Lossless Artwork | Size: 397 MB
Label/Cat#: AUDIO Magazine | Country/Year: Germany 2011
Genre: Rock, Acoustic, Classical | Hoster: Uploaded/Filepost

CD is part of german audiophile magazine AUDIO and features some great artists and recordings to test your equipment. 5 CD series celebrating 50 years of KEF. More of these to come.