99.00 PLN

HDCD :

Nr kat.: RR136
Label  : Reference Recordings

219.00 PLN

LP-180G 33rpm:

Nr kat.: RM1514
Label  : Reference Recordings

139.00 PLN

SACD Multi-CH HDCD:

Nr kat.: RR136SA
Label  : Reference Recordings

A Superb New Orchestral Release - Composed at his artistic peak, Camille Saint-Saëns said of his Symphony No. 3 "I gave ever thing to it I was able to give. What I have here accomplished, I will never achieve again." New Review: "This is an unusually vivacious and texturally transparent reading, recorded with welcome clarity in an acoustic that never permits detail to get obscured by excessive reverberation. The balance between organ and orchestra in the finale, even when everyone is blasting away, could not be more perfect...In the finale everyone really does pull out all of the stops, literally and figuratively, bringing the work to a thrilling conclusion...The fillers are welcome, and not the usual stuff." --David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday "The resultant sound is resplendent and ideally captures the grandeur of Saint-Saens's music. The orchestra displays wonderful dimensionality. We hear it laid out before us in four dimensions: side to side and front to back, with air around the instruments... Most important for the symphony, the organ sounds deep, rich, solid, and clean. As usual with Reference Recordings, this is splendidly lifelike sound, with no artificial enhancement, close-up miking, or editing-console gimmicky." --John Puccio, Classical Candor - complete review - https://classicalcandor.blogspot.com/2015/05/saint-saens-symphony-no-3-organ-hdcd.html We are proud to present conductor Michael Stern's interpretations of these great works, captured in brilliant HDCD sound by GRAMMY® award winners Keith O. Johnson (engineer) and David Frost (producer). The Symphony has released four previous titles with Reference Recordings to great acclaim— Shakespeare's Tempest, the Grammy®-winning Britten's Orchestra, an Elgar/Vaughan Williams project and most recently, Miraculous Metamorphoses, which highlights composers Hindemith, Prokofiev and Bartók. Two additional projects have been recorded and slated for future release, including the music of contemporary American composer Adam Schoenberg (recorded in June 2014) and Gustav Holst: The Planets and Ballet Music from The Perfect Fool (recorded in January 2015). The Kansas City Symphony is the region's only full-time professional symphony orchestra. Led by Music Director Michael Stern since 2005, the Symphony has experienced impressive artistic growth, garnering national and international acclaim. The orchestra's 80 full-time musicians are area residents, and each season they reach more than a million people through their concerts, educational programs and community outreach performances. They also serve as the orchestra for the Lyric Opera and the Kansas City Ballet.