Night on a Bare Mountain - recording of original verision?

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Brief bump - the recording is a cracker. Recorded in their new hall, the LA Phil sound bold, brash, confident, extreme, everything I like to hear (I’m not a subtle musician :wink: ). The strings work so well, dancing through the most Russian-sounding sections, where the real original harmonies have such an important role in creating the sound-world.

And it’s quite an interesting choice of pieces to put together on a disc - the original Mussorgsky sounds in places like Petrushka, linking through to the Rite of Spring later on.

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Recorded in their new hall, the LA Phil sound bold, brash, confident, extreme, everything I like to hear (I’m not a subtle musician :wink: ). The strings work so well, dancing through the most Russian-sounding sections, where the real original harmonies have such an important role in creating the sound-world.
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I’m glad to hear that, GM, since Salonen’s “all or nothing” approach on that disc was the only potential drawback if it wasn’t to your taste.

I got a chance to hear the LA Phil in Disney Hall last year, and I have to say it was pretty breathtaking. You could hear a pin drop on stage, the acoustics are so good.

~fig