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摘要

Notwithstanding the virtues of the Kempe or Mackerras recordings (also both Decca) you really need the full authenticity of Czech forces - as here - for the Mass. Produced in the Rudolfinum it comes with Janacek's rhapsody after Gogol and ghoulish narrative poem (akin to those by Dvorak), and the popular Sinfonietta, done only three months before Belohlavek died - a glorious account with its stirring brass - 25 players! - reverberating over woodwind squeals in the Prague hall. The Czech leader is both plaintive and seductive in Fiddler's Child, with divided strings a listening bonus. The soundstage separation effects are equally dramatic in the Mass - lovely upper voices of Prague's Phil. Chorus and two fine soloists; a spacious and dignified account. In (vii) we hear the 1975 Rieger Kloss organ in full bloom, briefly too as Taras Bulba ends.