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Anton Bruckner - Symphonie Nr.5 (BBC Symphony Orchestra - Jascha Horenstein)
Classical | EAC | FLAC, IMG+CUE, LOG | Covers | 1CD, 415 MB
Label: BBC Legends | Catalog Number: BBCL 4033-2 | TT: 74'44''

My admiration for Horenstein’s tireless championship of Bruckner and Mahler in Britain has always been tempered by what I actually hear on the recordings that have been preserved, whether live or in the studio. While his dedication is never in question, Horenstein had a serious interpretive weakness that manifests itself in virtually everything he did: an inability or refusal to make necessary tempo adjustments, particularly in sonata form first movements and finales. This habit, combined with a certain nervousness that sometimes gives an unwelcome sense of haste to slow passages, mars much of what would otherwise be a major achievement, from the first movement of Mahler’s Third and the “Abschied” finale of Das Lied von der Erde, to the second movement of Nielsen’s Fifth.

Michel Godard - Cousins Germains (2005) {Cam Jazz 7770-2}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (tracks)+CUE+LOG -> 352 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 133 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 6 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2005 CAM Jazz | CAMJ 7770-2
Jazz / Contemporary Jazz / Tuba

An exceptional group of friends reunited by Michel Godard in this subtly overwhelming, pulsating, sensitive recording. Cousins Germains: a family affair smooth grooves and melancholic tenderness; his musical project seems to be driven by an aspiration to lightness but veers to sweet insanity and hints at optimism, jazz is home again, its acoustic breath makes everything cheerful. Recorded in Ludwigsburg on 10, 11, 12 January 2005 at Bauer Studios Recording engineer Johannes Wohlleben.