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Title: Hauntingly Beautiful Chicester; this album's a keeper!
Review: "Chicester Psalms" has long been one of my favorite contemporary choral works, possessing a passion and pathos typical of Bernstein works but without the customary weight or cynicism; more approachable, somehow. This recording of "Chicester" is warm, intimate, and-- unlike almost every recording of it I've encountered-- in tune! While I find the tempi a touch speedy to my liking, particularly the middle section of the second movement, the primary theme of the second movement moved me to an astonishing degree--absolutely gorgeous. My only real "criticism" of the recording is, perhaps, an insufficient sense of "blending" in the final mix (microphone placement emphasizing one or two voices, etc). Beyond that, and especially for the price!, this little gem is worth having in the library.
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