Title: The best recording of this popular work
Review: Although there are hundreds of recordings of this piece, none comes close to the vocal clarity and warmth, and the masterful pacing, of this one. Shaw is at top form here, with a remarkably incisive dramatic reading, and the soloists are top-notch as well. There's no better recording of this best-in-the-world chorus, and Shaw even manages to get some vivid playing out of the pre-Levi ASO. No other recording captures the terror, warmth, or effusive "humanity" of this work at such a sustained and convincing a level. Shaw's work with Toscanini is clearly evident here, and the unrivaled sound of the Atlanta chorus is unbelievably rich.
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