Customer Reviews

Turina: Danzas Fantasticas, Sinfonia Sevillana, La Procesion del Rocio

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I am excited to find new music especially when it's good. Turina offers a clearly spanish style of composing that would be at home with Manual De Falla who I am familiar with. Turina is his own man and I hear nothing derivative here, just some deliciously melodic and interesting material. Of course the playing is excellent with wonderful clarity in the wide-range recording.

What a fitting departure for the great Jesus Lopez-Cobos, who is leaving the great Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in superb shape after a 15 year tenure. This recording will unfortunately be overlooked by many because it is not Mahler, Bruckner, Beetoven, etc. This is unfortunate, however, as it is a magnificent work of art on all levels. On the basis of this and other CSO recordings over the past decade it it clearly time to reassess the American "Top Five" orchestras---and proclaim the Cincinnati among the greats.

You might not want to hear the music very often, - though in fact its great fun, with the slow movement of the Sinfonia Sevillana being quite lovely, but you will want to hear the sound, which is gorgeous, if a little drily analytical in DSD fashion.

Yes, the Debussy sounds great on this recording, but the three works by Turina are the real highlights here. The Danzas Fantasticas in particular are great fun and compare well with any number of better-known "Spanish" pieces for orchestra. The Cincinnati musicians are in fine form, and the Telarc sound would be hard to improve upon. And I agree with the other reviewer about the quality of the playing in Cincinnati in general--to paraphrase Elgar: the center of the orchestral world in the US is now probably somewhere rather west of New York and Philadelphia.

This disc is splendid - the works are colorful, the performances, by the first - rate Cincinnatti Symphony, are scintillating and of the highest quality. The Debussy is both gorgeous and stunning - and Debussy is followed by all of the Turina works that are unfamiliar but oh so enchanting in their Spanish exoticity. Turina's orchestral works should be heard more often! Just about anyone would love this disc, as Spanish - flavored music is very appealing. Telarc produces some of the best sounding discs around - this one has exceptionally fine quality sound.

Jesús López Cobos was born and educated in Spain, so he understands spanish rhythms much better than other conductors. As a spaniard my self, I can tell you that it makes an enormous difference.

The quality of this recording is excellent, so is the performance of the Cincinnati Symphonic Orchestra.

Very recommended.