Hungary For The Blues (Live) [SACD] - Chris Farlowe

Advantages: All round brilliance
Disadvantages: absence of syd

...a truely great song to life. It is altogether more structured than Shine on you crazy diamond. The continuation of shine on you...... is more of the same and the end of the album leaves one hungary for more. If you are going to buy one Pink floyd album, forget dark side of the moon, make it this one.... Read review

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Advantages: Every tune's a winner
Disadvantages: Nothing new

...Brahms Germany Strauss, R Germany Mahler Germany Offenbach Germany Liszt Hungary Rossini Italy Vivaldi Italy Puccini Italy Einaudi Italy Verdi Italy Grieg Norway Shostakovich Russia Mussorgsky Russia Rachmaninov Russia Rimsky-Korsakov Russia Stravinsky Russia Borodin Russia Tchaikovsky Russia Prokofiev Russia Nyman UK Holst UK Tavener UK Britten UK Elgar UK Rutter UK Williams US Copland US Gershwin US Preisner ? How many names did you recognise? Probably most of them! You would imagine that most of "the world's greatest composers" had long lain in their graves (dare I say, decomposing…), But, in fact, a handful of them are young and consulting their muses as I type. Michael Nyman, for example, wrote the haunting soundtrack to the film "The Piano", and Tavener has become very popular in recent years for his dramatic and ultimately accessible... Read review

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Advantages: A classic recording of a popular classical piece
Disadvantages: None that I can hear

...recordings he lost track of them. Working with a wide range of composers' works, from Tchiakovsky to Bartok to Copland, he used his early European training to great effect as the head of symphonies in Dallas, Detriot, and Minneapolis, in addition to heading the National Symphony in Washington, DC in the 1970s. Many classical music enthusiasts grew up with Dorati recordings of classic as well as modern/new compositions. This particular performance shows Dorati at his best - according to music critic Bob Zeidler, 'Dorati's reading is rhythmically incisive where need be, warmly glowing elsewhere (in the slower sections), and beautifully luminous throughout.' I completely agree with his assessment. --Philharmonia Hungarica-- The Philharmonia Hungarica grew out of refugee musicians from Hungary after the 1956 uprising forced hundreds to flee... Read review

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