Even though these Vanguard recordings of Erik Satie's complete ballets and other orchestral works date back to 1968 and are at least ADD, if not AAD, listeners may be reassured in knowing that the original analog tapes have been extraordinarily well preserved, and that the enthusiastic performances by Maurice de Abravanel and the Utah Symphony Orchestra sound quite fresh and vivid, even by today's standards. Part of this disc's terrific sound quality is due to the responsive acoustics of the Mormon Tabernacle, but credit is ...
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Even though these Vanguard recordings of Erik Satie's complete ballets and other orchestral works date back to 1968 and are at least ADD, if not AAD, listeners may be reassured in knowing that the original analog tapes have been extraordinarily well preserved, and that the enthusiastic performances by Maurice de Abravanel and the Utah Symphony Orchestra sound quite fresh and vivid, even by today's standards. Part of this disc's terrific sound quality is due to the responsive acoustics of the Mormon Tabernacle, but credit is equally due to the full-out playing of the USO in music it found especially delightful, and to the engineers who took pains in positioning the microphones to capture every part with natural effect. Satie's three ballets, Parade, Les aventures de Mercure, and Relâche, appear complete, along with shorter, lesser-known works, such as La belle excentrique and the Cinq grimaces pour "Un songe d'une nuit d'été." Jack-in-the-Box, in an arrangement by Darius Milhaud that is rarely heard on...
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