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Feb 17, 2017 - 4:26 AM
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MusicMad
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I've picked up many Chandos titles. With few (if any) exceptions, they are a label which can be trusted to turn out superb product. I always know their performances and production will be first-rate.
I agree up to a point ...........but am I the only person on the planet who finds that the recording levels are way off.......I am continually having to use the volume control handset as the highs are too high and the lows are way to low...........not just on this latest recording but on almost all of the previous releases............there is never a time I can fully listen to an even stable sound level without altering the volume level up and down.........
Agreed, the Chandos releases I own (quite a few) have a wide dynamic range and are much more akin to classical works rather than film music scores. When my wife programmes a score from one of the (ripped to NAS) albums amongst other works we often have to adjust the volume up. Admittedly, we rarely sit and listen in the room where the hi-fi is located, happily being able to play at a volume which reaches most corners of our (small) house.
I've been happy to expand my film score collection with their releases but when there is a direct comparison, such as for the works of Ron Goodwin, then these re-recordings come off as a distinct second-best.
Amongst many, some of my favourites, to date, are:
William Alwyn's Odd Man Out
Stanley Black's Sands of the Desert
Francis Chagrin's Last Holiday
Richard Rodney Bennett's Enchanted April
Constant Lambert's Merchant Seamen
Ralph Vaughan Williams' Coastal Command
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Arthur Bliss' Things to Come ... I do have an OST release of this score but its quality hampers a direct comparison
I will add that each and all of the releases do take several plays, and this greatly rewards the time invested. Most have given more enjoyment after repeat plays.
Mitch
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I bought the Ralph Vaughan Williams Collection (3 Disc Set) a few years ago. I found those CDs virtually unlistenable .....
Say what?????!!!!
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Feb 18, 2017 - 2:52 PM
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alintgen
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Mitch: I agree, Alwyn's Odd Man Out is a flat out masterpiece. An extended suite from Bliss's Things to Come was recorded by Sir Charles Groves on EMI. The sound is sensational and the performance is better than the Decca Phase 4 (conducted by Herrmann) and Chandos versions, but it is only available now in the 24 CD EMI Groves box set, which does also contain a lot of excellent Romantic British music and some of Walton's film music at a bargain price.
Chandos has primarily recorded English film scores, plus dabbling into a little Korngold, Rozsa, and Herrmann, but given their track record, it is doubtful that they will get more extensively into the Golden Age composers. But, we can all dream of a couple Chandos Waxman, Newman, and Steiner albums.
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