tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post4807160981430822051..comments2023-10-14T23:56:22.016-10:00Comments on Reflecting Light: Sir Colin Davis, 1927-2013Rick Darbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-27285813488025076992013-04-29T11:08:50.733-10:002013-04-29T11:08:50.733-10:00Green Mamba,
I must have a couple of dozen record...Green Mamba,<br /><br />I must have a couple of dozen recordings of performances he led. They include some Sibelius and Elgar on the London Symphony Orchestra's own label. The sound quality of the LSO discs has been much criticized -- it seems London's Barbican Hall, the LSO's home base, is a tough place for recording. If the discs are not among the best for sound quality, though, the interpretations and playing make up for it.Rick Darbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371910140619422820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16646992.post-34542356414357489922013-04-29T09:51:22.746-10:002013-04-29T09:51:22.746-10:00His recording of Berlioz's "Symphonie Fan...His recording of Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique" with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, done in the early seventies I believe, is considered one of the best versions of that piece.green mambanoreply@blogger.com