good accoustic definition, paced, broody, relentless, emotional
Disadvantages:
none
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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Like Vivaldies evergreen "Four Seasons", Barber's Addagio has caught the imagination of the populist Naughties culture when it was recently resampled & mixed into a more contemporary format a few months ago.
however, it is to the original Barber piece that I really find one of the most highly charged & emotional scores anywhere. it is not a piece to brighten the heart & mind, it is quite the opposite. Depending on your frame of mind this can be quite a depressing score but it has the uncanny facility to carry you wherever your mind wants to take you.
Although slow all the way through, it feels as if it flies by in no time at all, but so good is the power of the performance that you have to repeat the track over & over because your emotions want to be carried further & further away.
This is Barber's most noted score and deserves its place alongside the more serious composers such as Bach & Holst. A truly wonderful orchestral score that will stay with you for a very long time,
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