LONDON STEREO CS 6661 BLOCH SCHELOMO VOICE *STARKER MEHTA* AS BASIC LIST* NMNM
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London CS 6661 (SXL 6440)
BLOCH
SCHELOMO VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS
JANOS STARKER, CELLO
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ZUBIN MEHTA
EARLY DECCA, NEW MALDEN MASTERED PRESSING
BLOCH-SCHELOMO-MEHTA-IPO-LONDON ENTERPRISE 414 166-1/DECCA SXL 6440/LONDON CS 6661
This popular recording was made in 1970 and has had many different pressings. I've been fortunate to hear them all, and the best are the Dutch, with either the original Decca/London covers (Decca SXL 6440/London CS 6661) or the London Enterprise listed above. The Dutch pressings have the usual advantages of greater transparency, purity and a lower sound-floor, and with no "downsides" in this instance.
Both of these works are essentially one, long movement, late Romantic, cello concerto. The sound is rich, the climaxes increasingly overwhelming and the low sound-floor allows you to hear the cellist, Janos Starker, continuously breathing, plus all the other usual noises of an orchestra. However, I do notice the sound improving after the first few minutes.
COVER: EX+
RECORD: NM
