Thanks for drawing my attention to this new recording. I have long been disappointed by the sound quality on the recording that ECM released; in fact, I am baffled that Manfred Eicher took it up, considering the normally famously high standards of his label.
Chris L
1 year ago
Wow! Silvestrov evokes the tenderly-recalled-but-ultimately-unattainable like few others I know. There’s an album in a similar vein containing his 4th and 5th Symphonies that I keep returning to; I think a self-professed Mahlerhead like you would particularly appreciate no.5, Simon, and I believe Silent Songs has already come up in previous correspondence…
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Thanks for drawing my attention to this new recording. I have long been disappointed by the sound quality on the recording that ECM released; in fact, I am baffled that Manfred Eicher took it up, considering the normally famously high standards of his label.
Wow! Silvestrov evokes the tenderly-recalled-but-ultimately-unattainable like few others I know. There’s an album in a similar vein containing his 4th and 5th Symphonies that I keep returning to; I think a self-professed Mahlerhead like you would particularly appreciate no.5, Simon, and I believe Silent Songs has already come up in previous correspondence…