A Rachmaninoff Spectacular - Krager - Moores School Symphony Orchestra
The technique used to record this title's massive sound of a large symphony orchestra, chorus, and soloists in the Moores Opera House is simple and direct. Simple, in that five Neumann and Peluso omnidirectional condenser microphones are carefully placed to capture the total soundstage from the conductor's point of view on the podium. Direct, in that, each microphone feeds into a single channel of the high-resolution digital recorder with no mixing, equalization, or other manipulation of the pure sound coming from each mic. The result, when the multichannel digital download is heard in five-channel surround sound reproduction (in a typical home theater system, for instance), places the listener on the podium with the conductor – in effect, "immersed" in the sound.
Artist(s): Piano Concerto No. 2 in c-minor, op. 18 (1901)
1 Moderato (11:39)
2 Adagio sostenuto (11:13)
3 Allegro scherzando (12:30)
Tali Morgulis, piano
Moores School Symphony Orchestra, Franz Anton Krager, conductor
Choral Symphony, The Bells (Cyrillic “Колокола”), after Edgar Allan Poe, op. 35 (1913)
4 The Silver Sleigh Bells, Allegro ma non troppo (07:03)
Viktor Antipenko, tenor
5 The Mellow Wedding Bells, Lento (11:03)
Yelena Dyachek, soprano
6 The Loud Alarm Bells, Presto (10:15)
7 The Mournful Iron Bells, Lento lugubre (10:56)
University of Houston Moores School Combined Choruses
Betsy Cook Weber, chorus director; Alex Koppel, chorus director
Viktor Antipenko, tenor; Yelena Dyachek, soprano; Sergei Leiferkus, baritone
Moores School Symphony Orchestra, Franz Anton Krager, conductor
Recording Info:
Recorded 2 December 2023 in the Moores Opera House, University of Houston
Master recording 5.0 channel Immersive Surround Sound
5.0 channel surround sound flac download – Robert Witrak, HDTT
2.0 stereo mixdown 192k flac; CD 44.1 downsample – John Proffitt
Producer & Recording Engineer – John Gladney Proffitt
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