Eight Symphonic Marches - Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Artist(s): conductor - Paul Paray
orchestra - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Recording Info: Tracks 1-7 - Recorded April 1959
Track 8 - Recorded March 21, 1958 at Orchestra Hall, Detroit by Mercury
Sourced from a 15ips 2-track tape
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1 de Lisle - La Marseillaise 1:09
2 Berlioz - Marche Hongroise 4:44
3 Saint-Saëns - Marche Héroïque 6:39
4 Gounod - Funeral March Of A Marrionette 3:33
5 Saint-Saëns - Marche Militaire Française 3:45
6 Meyerbeer - Coronation March 4:19
7 Chabrier - Marche Joyeuse 3:35
8 Mendelssohn - Wedding March 4:45
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Vive La Marche!
What a gorgeous release : i know, little french lollipops, this can't be really serious, but... Listen, when i was student (a long, long, time ago) a rare cd of mine was the "Fantastique" interpreted by maestro Paray & DSO — cd was then filled with 2 Berlioz marches and 2 overtures. This hungarian march : what a transition ! A sudden impact in dynamics (due to a different recording venue), an exhilarating experience. When we own few cds, we tend to listen them more often than normal : so, i heard the hungarian march dozen of times. I know it by heart, It is the best incarnation of the work i know. Years ago, with A.P. sacd, i re discovered this march, with global sound enhancement. Will you believe me if I told you this HDTT release is now the absolute best ? From the very first seconds — the opening trumpet roaring — i knew the gain was real in clarity, details, texture. The bunch of marches gains in transparency, dynamics, texture. It is also very clean : check with the most marches available in cd format, noise reduction is amazing on HDTT's compared with loud cd tape hiss (just take the funeral march at 25 - 29 seconds or at around 2m44s). So, at least, HDTT made an happy man. I have just one little quibble over "Marche joyeuse", i keep my preference for 2004 sacd... And it's worth for the whole Chabrier set available on the site. Pity as well that the trojan march is missing (present in original "Vive La Marche!" pressing), we got the over-known wedding march instead. Well, who cares. Let's hope in a (near ?) future we'll see a brand new set of Mercury overtures... Von suppè / Auber for instance, would represent a pure audiophile delight.
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