|
|
 |
01-11-2008, 03:49 PM
|
#1 of 15 
|
|
Brian Baley
Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Local Time: 02:10 AM
Local Date: 10-14-2008
Posts: 3
|
Tchaikovsky's 1812
hi all...
I am looking for the ultimate quality recording of Tchaikovsky's 1812....
(specific CD please)
anyone know of one they consider the best ?
Thanks
Brian
|
|
|
|
01-11-2008, 03:58 PM
|
#2 of 15
|
|
Brian Baley
Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Local Time: 02:10 AM
Local Date: 10-14-2008
Posts: 3
|
Re: Tchaikovsky's 1812
apparently Telarc will (someday?) have a 6-channel discrete surround sound and 2-channel stereo SACD version of their original Digital recording...but don't know when ?
so in the mean time, I am looking for other suggestions ;-)
|
|
|
|
|
01-13-2008, 02:27 AM
|
#3 of 15
|
|
Member
Location: Southern Cal
Join Date: Mar 2000
Local Time: 03:10 AM
Local Date: 10-14-2008
Posts: 3,425
|
Re: Tchaikovsky's 1812
Brian, are you not happy with Telarc's 1979 Kunzel/Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra recording, re-released on 50k master SACD (and not to be confused with the Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops Orchestra "new" 1812, released in 2001 on both SACD and DVD-A [Telarc's only DVD-A release])?
|
|
|
|
|
02-10-2008, 11:27 AM
|
#4 of 15
|
|
Member
Join Date: Feb 2004
Local Time: 10:10 AM
Local Date: 10-14-2008
Posts: 184
|
Re: Tchaikovsky's 1812
I haven't been here in a month or so, so I apologize for bumping an older thread, but I wanted to weigh in on the best version of the 1812 Overture. If you're looking for the definitive version, it is Antal Dorati's recording with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and the University of Minnesota Brass Band. This is the "classic" recording with the church bells and the French canons at the end. I can't recommend it enough, especially in the new edition that Decca put out last year. I'll post the cover just to make it easier for you.
 |
|
|
|
|
02-10-2008, 01:16 PM
|
#5 of 15
|
|
Member
Location: Southern Cal
Join Date: Mar 2000
Local Time: 03:10 AM
Local Date: 10-14-2008
Posts: 3,425
|
Re: Tchaikovsky's 1812
Just sold my CD of the Telarc 1979 perf with an eye on buying the SACD of same.
Chris, what is that Deems Taylor commentary? Is just a few minutes at the end of the performance or . . .?
|
|
|
|
|
02-10-2008, 06:24 PM
|
#6 of 15
|
|
John Rice
Member
Location: Colorado
Join Date: Jun 2000
Local Time: 04:10 AM
Local Date: 10-14-2008
Posts: 8,410
|
Re: Tchaikovsky's 1812
I have several recordings, including the 1979 Telarc, and I don't think there is what I would call a "Definitive" edition. One version I am particularly fond of has a male chorus during the intro.
They flutter behind you, your possible pasts.
Some bright-eyed and crazy, some frightened and lost.
|
|
|
|
|
02-11-2008, 10:42 AM
|
#7 of 15
|
|
Jeff
Member
Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Join Date: Jun 2004
Local Time: 06:10 AM
Local Date: 10-14-2008
Posts: 602
|
Re: Tchaikovsky's 1812
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Chris Cheese
I haven't been here in a month or so, so I apologize for bumping an older thread, but I wanted to weigh in on the best version of the 1812 Overture. If you're looking for the definitive version, it is Antal Dorati's recording with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra and the University of Minnesota Brass Band. This is the "classic" recording with the church bells and the French canons at the end. I can't recommend it enough, especially in the new edition that Decca put out last year. I'll post the cover just to make it easier for you.
|
Which do you think sounds better? The 1995 disk or the 2007 remaster? |
|
|
|
|
02-11-2008, 03:37 PM
|
#8 of 15
|
|
Member
Location: The Land of Oranges, Mickey Mouse, and foreclosures
Join Date: Jan 1999
Local Time: 06:10 AM
Local Date: 10-14-2008
Posts: 6,931
|
Re: Tchaikovsky's 1812
That's my favorite too. I didn't realize there was a reissue though!
The Deems Taylor commentary, which runs 9.5 minutes, is pretty cool, actually (been a while since I listened to it). Plus there are 13 pages of liner notes (at least in the '95 edition)!
"How wonderful it will be to have a leader unburdened by the twin horrors of knowledge and experience." -- Mr. Wick
Last edited by Aaron Silverman : 02-11-2008 at 03:39 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
02-13-2008, 09:57 PM
|
#9 of 15
|
|
Member
Location: Chicago, Home of the 1908 World Champion Cubs
Join Date: May 1999
Local Time: 05:10 AM
Local Date: 10-14-2008
Posts: 4,576
|
Re: Tchaikovsky's 1812
The Telarc disc is one of the most famous classical recordings ever, and is still a fun disc to demo speakers with (just not my speakers, though, as you can blow out your woofers). The cannons go down to 6Hz!
I'd love to hear an SACD version.
|
|
|
|
|
02-14-2008, 06:07 AM
|
#10 of 15
|
|
Member
Join Date: Oct 1999
Local Time: 11:10 AM
Local Date: 10-14-2008
Posts: 5,483
|
Re: Tchaikovsky's 1812
Quote:
|
This is the "classic" recording with the church bells and the French canons at the end.
|
I didn't know there were any French priests on the recording, but the French cannon sounded pretty good. 
Sorry to sound pedantic, but what do you mean by the 'ultimate' recording? Both the Telarc and Dorati recordings are good sonically, but musically IMHO they are far from the best. For my money, the best musical interpretation is by Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra (I think on the HMV label, released in the 1970s). But sonically, it isn't the most impressive. |
|
|
| |
