Okay so now at the 216 hour mark…
Sound quality just gets better, let me describe what I am hearing:
In Trevor Pinnock’s Vivaldi L’Estro Armonico English Concert…
The live air reflections of instruments in space is even more refined
than at the 160 hour mark better body while maintaining the string’s
vibrancy with rich texrures as each of the English Concerrt’s ensemble
instruments plays off another…while this is happening Trevor Pinnock’s
Clavecin, Clavicembalo while playing to rear of the Ensemble…is quiet yet
distinct with strings chord’s play with body and impact if one could call it such.
The Concert’s ensemble stings carry a surprising amount of weight.
What I am hearing now is far more advanced and refined that any other
time with previous fuses. Keeping my gear the same throughout.
Now comes this amazing work of art:
This album brings with it a libreto relaying the story of how this recording came together.
To fully appreciate this work the libreto is necessary given the many parts played
by Wynton Marsalis.
The recording venue is St. Barnabas Church in North London in February 1987.
In the last track Heinrich Von Biber’s Sonata for 8 Trumpets and Orchestra,
Wynton Plays all 8 parts of the 2 distant groups. Each distant group contains
4 trumpet sections all played by Wynton Marsalis. For the 2 present groups again
Wynton played each part.
A very technological complex process of recording and musicianship took place
to bring all this together.
So how does this sound…each intended section of trumpets present and distance
are superb must get to hear to understand…
Toward the end of track 8 the string bass shows up as delicately plucked
strings (to my ears anyway)…
Not enough could be said of how this sounds!!
How could they capture all this really needs the accompanying libretto.
Best wishes everyone
