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RESPIGHI: Roman Trilogy – Texas Music Festival Orch./ Franz Anton Krager – HDTT

by Audiophile Audition | Nov 10, 2016 | SACD & Other Hi-Res Reviews

RESPIGHI: Roman Trilogy – Roman Festivals; The Fountains of Rome; The Pines of Rome / Texas Music Festival Orch./ Franz Anton Krager – 5.0, 24 bit/192k high-res digital with a 2.0 version – DTS-HD MA recorded live in public concert 11 June 2016 in the Moores Opera House, University of Houston by John G. Proffitt – HDTT ***1/2: A fine performance of these familiar works with a stunning surround audiophile production. It’s always nice to get a new recording of these three orchestral showpieces, and getting a fine surround recording is a real plus. This Blu-ray audio disc from the folks at High Definition Tape Transfers is a new recording, from June of 2016. HDTT has made its reputation with remastering of older recordings on prerecorded tape (and lately off actual older vinyls), but they seem to be moving toward adding brand new recordings, and that is to be applauded. The Texas Music Festival Orchestra is in fact a youth orchestra, but don’t let that put you off. They do the Respighi proud. It’s hard to believe this is a non-professional group. And the Respighi can trip up any professional player, especially in some of the horn solos, which are […]